by Christine Kovacs | Jan 23, 2020
**Note: During the Covid 19 pandemic all rides will be considered private, we will only allow members of the same house hold or families to ride in the carriage at one time. You will never ride with strangers. We also have plexi-glass and other measures in place to...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Trail Length: 4.4 mile loop, with access to the 1.1 mile Bloody Angle Trail Skill Level: easy Main Usage: walking, hiking, jogging, biking Scene of nearly two weeks of fighting, the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse reached a climax at the “Bloody...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, located in historic downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, is the largest repository in the country for artifacts and documents related to the fifth president of the United States. The museum was first opened in 1927 by Monroe...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
This bronze statue by Edward V. Valentine was erected in 1906 by the U.S. Government. In 1761, on the advice of Washington, Hugh Mercer opened an apothecary shop in Fredericksburg. Mercer was a general in the Revolutionary War and was killed at the Battle of Princeton...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
A national historic landmark, built between 1751-1757, Aquia is one of the finest examples of colonial church architecture in Virginia, and one of the oldest churches still actively used in America. The church is noted for its Aquia stone trim, like what was quarried...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
On the corner of Caroline and Lewis streets sits a small red brick building built in 1749. This building was originally the Fielding Lewis Store. Besides being one of the oldest buildings in America and the oldest in Fredericksburg, the Fielding Lewis Store can also...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
The cemetery where some of the earliest settlers to the area (including some Washington family members) are buried is a small, handsome burial ground with notable ironwork and old monuments.
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
The Battle of the Wilderness first pitted General Robert E. Lee against Union General Ulysses S. Grant in May of 1864. The battle turned the tide of the war as Grant continued his march, “On to Richmond.” The shelter exhibits explains the Battle of the...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Massaponax Church was founded in 1788, and the church building was built in 1859. The original church was only the front portion of today’s church building. During the Civil War, the church was used as a headquarters for both the Confederate and Union armies, a...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
In the mid 1800’s Shiloh Baptist was sold to its all black congregation for a sum of $500. Over the years the church grew and had several name changes. Today there are several Shiloh Baptist churches in the Fredericksburg area. During the Civil War, the original...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Spotsylvania County proudly shares a distinctive heritage that visitors can experience through our significant sites, markers and battlefields. Be sure to see the Spotsylvania Courthouse District, designated a Virginia Historic Landmark and listed in The National...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Spotswood Inn, ca. 1820, has been a school, post office, and tavern, as well as a popular inn. It served as military headquarters for General Jubal Early and as an observation point for General Robert E. Lee during the war. Restored.
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
The masonry Jail that visitors see today was built in 1855 after the 1839 Jail, positioned closer to the Courthouse, burned in 1853. The exterior brick walls are two feet thick. The Jail is open during special events where you can get a picture behind the iron bars....
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
This 18th century building was used as a Union headquarters during the May 5-6, 1864 Battle of the Wilderness. One year earlier, during the Battle of Chancellorsville, wounded men were cared for at the nearby; the most famous patient in the hospital was Confederate...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Local women concerned about these unattended plots formed the Spotsylvania Memorial Association. In 1866 they established a Confederate Cemetery on five acres of land a half mile northeast of the Court House. The Association reburied nearly 600 soldiers from 10 states...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Trail length: 1.5 mile loop Skill level: easy Main usage: walking, hiking, trail running See the Quarry where the stone that was used to build two of the nation’s most significant buildings – the White House and the U.S. Capitol – was sourced....
by Jessica Burger | Jan 24, 2019
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the bulk of your tour of Ferry Farm will take place outside. Time inside the Washington house will be more limited than normal. Except for access to the restroom, our visitors center, museum gallery, and gift shop are closed. Please...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County National Military Park encompasses four major battlefields of the Civil War in which more than 100,000 Americans were either killed, wounded, or captured. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Union troops made repeated brave but...
by Courtney Cutler | Jan 24, 2019
ca. 1772 This eighteenth-century building was restored to house the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop, a museum of medicine, pharmacy, and military and political affairs. Dr. Mercer served the citizens of Fredericksburg with medicines and treatments of the time....
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Located 13 miles west of Fredericksburg, the area around this visitor center was the scene of the accidental wounding of Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson in the May 1863 battle known as Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory of the Civil War. Audio-visual program,...
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