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|   Churchyard to Battleground The Battle of Salem Church - Waverly Village VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites For the first two days of May 1863, the boom of distant guns rattled the windows of Salem Church. Eight miles to the west, at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee’s main Confederate army battered a Union army nearly twice its size. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Sanctuaries in Spotsylvania - Waverly Village VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Salem Baptist Church was one of nearly a dozen churches that dotted northern Spotsylvania County on the eve of the Civil War. Zoan, Wilderness, Massaponax, Zion, Christ, Piney Branch. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS0 km | For All Anguish – For Some Freedom - Waverly Village VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Few communities suffered more in the face of war than did Spotsylvania County. For two years armies traversed, occupied, or fought over this ground. Most residents simply tried to stay out of the way; a few left altogether. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Salem Church-The Battle of Salem Church - Waverly Village VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Spotsylvania Baptists built this church in 1844 and named it Salem, a Biblical word meaning peace. Two decades later, Salem Church was engulfed by war. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN0 km | Refuge from Horror-Salem Church - Waverly Village VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The arrival of contending armies in December 1862 forced thousands of residents to leave Fredericksburg. Most fled into the countryside, bound for homes or churches in Spotsylvania County. Several hundred ended up here at Salem Church. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN0.2 km | Battle of Salem Church - Waverly Village VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Battle of Salem Church of May 3, 4, 1863 fought by Lee and Hooker concluded the Chancellorsville Campaign here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN0.2 km | The Battle of Salem Church-Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park - Waverly Village VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The climax of the fighting swirled around Salem Church itself. Here Sedgwick’s Federals, swarming up the ridge toward you, broke through the Southern line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN0.2 km | From Church to Hospital-The Battle of Salem Church - Waverly Village VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Two days of fighting around Salem Church left about 4,000 men killed or wounded. As soon as the battle ended, Confederate surgeons turned the building into a field hospital. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Chancellorsville Earthworks in U.S. Civil War Sites This waymark is a nice little preserved space highlighting some forgotten history. posted by:  moongecko location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2008 last visited: 06/06/2014 |
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| Lee's Hill - Fredericksburg, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Site of Robert E. Lee's Command Post during the Battle of Fredericksburg posted by: stinger503 location: Virginia date approved: 07/19/2017 last visited: 05/24/2019 |
 view galleryE5.5 km | Fredericksburg Campaign - Fredericksburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites December 13, 1862. On this ridge, called Marye's Heights, blazed the cannon of Col. J.B. Walton's Louisiana battalion, the Washington Artillery. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/10/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE5.5 km | Sunken Road-Battle of Fredericksburg- Fredericksburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites This photograph was taken shortly after the Confederates in the foreground were killed on May 3, 1863. This graphic depiction of the human debris of battle is one of the most revealing post-battle photos from the Civil War years. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/10/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE5.5 km | Fredericksburg Campaign - Fredericksburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites December 13, 1862. The Washington Artillery of New Orleans was posted around the Marye House here on Marye's Heights. Col. J. B. Walton, the commanding officer, had his headquarters in the house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/10/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE5.5 km | Fredericksburg Campaign - Fredericksburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites December 13, 1862. About 100 yards to the south Georgia’s Gen. T.R.R. Cobb fell mortally within sight of his mother’s girlhood home. He died at the roadside dwelling of Mrs. Martha Stevens. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/10/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE5.5 km | Innis House - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A small frame home was caught in the line of fire during the Battle of Fredericksburg and bears the scars 150 years later. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 07/24/2011 last visited: 07/01/2022 |
 view galleryE5.5 km | Stephens House - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Martha Stephens' house was caught in the crossfire during the Battle of Fredericksburg, but she refused to leave and administered aid to the fallen. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 07/24/2011 last visited: 07/01/2022 |
 view galleryE5.5 km | Fredericksburg Battlefield - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Before you looms Marye's Heights, a key point in the two major Civil War battles. At the base of the heights, bordered by a stone wall, lies the Sunken Road. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryE5.6 km | Fredericksburg Campaign - Fredericksburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites With Richmond as his objective, Gen. Ambrose Burnside started the Federal Army of the Potomac from Warrenton on November 15, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/10/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE6.4 km | Courthouse - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Union army used the courthouse in Fredericksburg to house hundreds of escaping slaves and a signal tower and lookout point during the Battle of Fredericksburg. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 03/24/2012 last visited: never |
 view galleryE6.4 km | Upper Pontoon Bridge, Rappahannock River, Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec 12-13, 1862 in U.S. Civil War Sites Location of the Union army upper pontoon bridge crossing the Rappahannock River during the battle of Fredericskburg, Dec 12-13, 1862. posted by: garmin_geek location: Virginia date approved: 02/23/2009 last visited: 03/18/2010 |
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| Freedom Began Here-Trail to Freedom - Falmouth VA in U.S. Civil War Sites On April 18, 1862, advancing Federal forces reached the banks of the Rappahannock River. African-American slaves realized that this armed presence altered their accustomed social controls and many took the initiative to escape bondage. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/06/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE6.8 km | Fredericksburg City Dock-Union Artillery on Stafford Heights - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1862, Union artillery crowned the bluffs once occupied by the Washington farm. When Confederate troops resisted the Union army’s efforts to cross the river on December 11, Burnside turned nearly 150 guns – arrayed along a three-mile front. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: 06/21/2023 |
 view galleryE6.8 km | Fredericksburg City Dock-Bridges and Biscuits - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Fredericksburg, with its railroad and close proximity to the Potomac River, provided the Union Army with an ideal base for an “On to Richmond” drive. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/22/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryE6.8 km | Fredericksburg City Dock-Contesting the Crossing - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Union engineers were constructing a pontoon bridge that would enable Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s Army of the Potomac to cross the Rappahannock River and seize Fredericksburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: 06/21/2023 |
 view galleryE6.9 km | Ferry Farm - Fredericksburg, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Ferry Farm became a combat zone on Dec. 11, 1862, the first day of the battle of Fredericksburg. posted by: DougK location: Virginia date approved: 05/09/2011 last visited: 08/06/2023 |
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