Brompton (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
N 38° 17.754 W 077° 28.111
18S E 284128 N 4241529
Bromptom is an 1838 home that overlooks Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM16CJW
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2022
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A home, a headquarters, and a hospital: each of these terms accurately describes "Brompton," the large brick house one the hill above you. Built around 1824, the building was home to John L. Marye, a prominent lawyer and businessman. During the Battle of Fredericksburg, the 3rd South Carolina Infantry took position in front of Brompton, while Colonel James B. Walton of the Washington Artillery made the building his headquarters.
Seventeen months later, in May 1864, the house became a hospital for Union soldiers wounded in the Overland Campaign. "No available space was left unoccupied," remembered a Union surgeon. "the poor fellows just arrived had not had their clothes off since they were wounded and were sleeping in blood and filth, and were swarming with vermin. They lay as close as they could be packed." Today Brompton is owned by the University of Mary Washington. -National Park Service Marker near the home
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