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The park was established as Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park on February 14, 1927, and transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933. The lengthy name remains its official designation—75 letters, the longest name of any unit in the national park system.
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The maps were created by the United States Military Academy’s Department of History and are the digital versions from the atlases printed by the United States Defense Printing Agency. We gratefully acknowledge the accomplishments of the department's former cartographer, Mr. Edward J. Krasnoborski, along with the works of our present ...
2006-03-31 00:35 Hlj 1549×1103× (451417 bytes) Map of the [[Battle of Chancellorsville]] of the [[American Civil War]], actions on May 3, 1863. Drawn by Hal Jespersen in Macromedia Freehand.
The site of the Chancellorsville Inn, where Union Gen. Joseph Hooker had his headquarters during the 1863 battle, is preserved in the national military park, as is the site of Jackson's wounding. The site of Jackson's death is located at Guinea Station in Caroline County, south of Fredericksburg, and is also preserved as part of the park.
Map of the Battle of the Wilderness portion of the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Portions of the Wilderness battlefield are preserved as part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park , established in 1927 to memorialize the battlefields of Fredericksburg , Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Court House, and ...
The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 – May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. [ 13 ] Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate ...
National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance. The designation applies to "sites where historic battles were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts ...