Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center/Sunken Road Stone Wall - Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park VA - Civilian Conservation Corps on Waymarking.com

The CCC was instrumental in the development of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County National Military Park (FRSP) which was established in 1927. FRSP encompasses four Civil War battlefields. Three CCC camps were set up at different battlefield locations.

The CCC from Camp MP-3 at Chancellorsville built the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center in 1936 which initially was to serve as offices for FRSP. Today, one floor has offices for park historians, but its main function is as a visitor center. Two floors contain information and exhibits.

During the Civil War, Sunken Road at Marye's Heights was cut into a hillside and a retaining stone wall ran along the side. When the Union army launched an attack at Fredericksburg in 1862, the road and wall provided a natural barrier for the Confederate defenders who forced the Federals back across the Rappahannock River. After the war, large sections of the wall were removed. Company 362c of CCC MP-4 reconstructed the stone wall. Interestingly, CO 362c was one of two black companies at FRSP, in a National Park system that was segregated at the time. 362c had to presevere through public bias and protest.

References:

• FRSP’s Segregated Past « Mysteries and Conundrums
• Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center (U.S. National Park Service)

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