Battles of FredericksburgDuring the First and Second Battles of Fredericksburg, the Confederates occupied Marye's Heights, a defensive position enhanced by a sunken road and s... [click for more]
Brig. Gen. John MinorHazel Hill, the home of John Minor (13 May 1761-8 June 1816), a close friend of President James Monroe, once occupied this site. Minor served as a sol... [click for more]
Camp Cobb at Gunnery SpringsIn 1775, during the Revolutionary War, this noble spring was part of a 10-1~2-acre tract purchased for the Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory. On this sit... [click for more]
Camp Cobb at Gunnery SpringsIn 1775, during the Revolutionary War, this noble spring was part of a 10-1~2-acre tract purchased for the Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory. On this sit... [click for more]
Fall HillOn the heights one mile to the west, the home of the Thorntons from about 1736. Francis Thornton 2nd was a justice, a Burgess 1744-45, and Lieut.-Colo... [click for more]
Fredericksburg Gun ManufactoryThe Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory was established by an ordinance passed by Virginia's third revolutionary convention on 17 July 1775. Built on this ... [click for more]
Fredericksburg Normal and Industrial InstituteDue to the efforts of local blacks, the Fredericksburg Normal and Industrial Institute (FNII) opened in October 1905 at the Shiloh New Site Baptist Ch... [click for more]
Fredericksburg City Historical MarkerCaptain John Smith was here in 1608; Lederer, the explorer, in 1670. In May 1671 John Buckner and Thomas Royster patented the Lease Land Grant. The to... [click for more]
KenmoreFour blocks west stands Kenmore, built in 1775 by Col. Fielding Lewis for his wife, Betty, sister of George Washington. Near here, between Kenmore and... [click for more]
Lee’s PositionFrom this hill (now called Lee's Hill) a little to the east, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee watched the First Battle of Fredericksburg. As the armies ... [click for more]
Spotsylvania County~Caroline CountySpotsylvania County
Formed in 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William, and named for Alexander Spotswood, Governor of Virginia 1710... [click for more]
The Sentry BoxThe Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late-Georgian-style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental army, later mayor o... [click for more]
The Sentry BoxThe Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late-Georgian-style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental army, later mayor o... [click for more]
