Tag Archives: Chancellorsville Visitor Center

ECW Weekender: Chancellorsville and ChickChatt

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Emerging Civil War

This weekend marks the anniversary of the 1863 battle of Chancellorsville. Folks who visited the battlefield last summer and over the winter discovered that the Chancellorsville Visitor Center (CVC) was closed—not because of COVID but because the plumbing was out. … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: The Chancellorsville History Trail’s Western Loop

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

At the end of July, I posted about the 3.6-mile Chancellorsville History Trail that departs from the parking lot near the Chancellorsville Visitor Center (CVC). The trail winds through the area of Confederate attacks on July 3, north of the … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Jackson at Chancellorsville

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

In early 1887, as fans of Union General John Sedgwick prepared to raise a monument to him at the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield, local residents got to wondering about erecting a monument of their own to a fallen Southern general. … Continue reading →

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