Question of the Week: What’s your favorite spot in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park?
The Mule Shoe? Marye’s Heights? Somewhere else? What is you favorite palce to visit in the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park?
The covered approach which shielded Upton’s bold assault.
I agree with John. The walk down the path of the attack route of Upton’s attack.
Slaughter Pen Farm @ Fredericksburg
The field fortifications on the left flank of the Confederate line in Fredericksburg. This was the first use of zig-zag fortifications.
I’d have to add the Mill Race, that you can follow looking at the man-hole covers , towards a bank, and the remnant of the Swale,
Grant’s HQ at The Wilderness. Trying to catch a whiff of cigar smoke
For me, it has to be Fairview at Chancellorsville. Standing there and trying to imagine the sheer bedlam of May 3, 1863, is very powerful.
I like the statue of the Confederate soldier giving water to his wounded enemy.
Marye’s Heights.
I’ve only visited the area when I was like 9 or 10 years old. Made my parents go to the Stone Wall. I think I hugged it.
The Gordon flank attack trail at the Wilderness.
The Edward Tobey Stuart memorial at Spotsylvania — because it took so dang long to find.