National Military Park – The Rolling Jones

Posted on June 21, 2015June 23, 2015 by BATman and Rhonda

…Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia commemorates the bloody Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Court House and the Battle of the Wilderness

The ill-advised assault on Marye's Heights during the Battle of Fredericksburg resulted in 8,000 Union casualties - nearly 3,000 in a single hour. But occasionally compassion emerged amidst the death and brutality... — The ill-advised assault on Marye’s Heights during the Battle of Fredericksburg resulted in 8,000 Union casualties – nearly 3,000 in a single hour. But occasionally compassion emerged amidst the death and brutality…

Many soldiers still lay on the open field the following afternoon, trapped between two armies. Confederate Sgt. Richard Kirkland risked enemy fire to carry canteens to wounded, dehydrated men who had shot at him the day before. The artist of this bronze, honoring “The Angel of Marye's Heights,” created another famous war statue – can you guess which one? — Many soldiers still lay on the open field the following afternoon, trapped between two armies. Confederate Sgt. Richard Kirkland risked enemy fire to carry canteens to wounded, dehydrated men who had shot at him the day before. The artist of this bronze, honoring “The Angel of Marye’s Heights,” created another famous war statue – can you guess which one?

Chatham Manor is a Georgian-style plantation home built when Virginia was still a British colony

Famous visitors included George Washington, who grew up on a neighboring farm; Thomas Jefferson, the owners' cousin; Robert E. Lee, who married a granddaughter; Abraham Lincoln, who met with a general when Chatham Manor served as a Union headquarters and field hospital during the Civil War; and Dwight Eisenhower, a guest of the last owner before it was donated to the National Park Service — Famous visitors included George Washington, who grew up on a neighboring farm; Thomas Jefferson, the owners’ cousin; Robert E. Lee, who married a granddaughter; Abraham Lincoln, who met with a general when Chatham Manor served as a Union headquarters and field hospital during the Civil War; and Dwight Eisenhower, a guest of the last owner before it was donated to the National Park Service

More than 350 Civil War-era buildings remain in Fredericksburg's National Historic District alone — More than 350 Civil War-era buildings remain in Fredericksburg’s National Historic District alone

Many, like Salem Church, wear musket and canon ball scars like a badge of honor

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