Photo Gallery

 

More Photos of the Park?

NPGallery is the National Park Services library for all forms of visual media and contains many photos of the park.

Historical Photographs?

Library of Congress has digitized hundreds of historical Civil War photographs, illustrations, and prints, including many taken at our battlefields.

 

Park Scenes

 

Fredericksburg Battlefield

20 Images

Photos of the landscape and terrain on the Fredericksburg battlefield

Chancellorsville Battlefield

43 Images

Photos of the landscape and terrain on the Chancellorsville battlefield

Wilderness Battlefield

24 Images

Photos of the landscape and terrain on the Wilderness battlefield

Spotsylvania Battlefield

29 Images

Photos of the landscape and terrain on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield

Chatham

42 Images

Photos of historic Chatham, a former slave plantation and private residence for over 200 years. The house was used as a US headquarters and field hospital during the Battle of Fredericksburg.

Chatham Gardens

20 Images

The Chatham garden was designed in the 1920. by Ellen Biddle Shipman, a renown female landscape architect. Today the garden is maintained with the help of the Friends of Chatham.

Jackson Death Site

18 Images

Photos of historic Fairfield Plantation at Guinea Station (also referred to as Chandler Plantation), the office building of which is where Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson spent the final six days of his life.

Ellwood

18 Images

Photos of historic Ellwood, a plantation which served as a headquarters for the Union army during the Battle of the Wilderness. Stonewall Jackson's arm is also buried on the property.

Salem Church

6 Images

Photos of historic Old Salem Church

Fredericksburg National Cemete...

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The Fredericksburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 15,000 United States soldiers include those killed at the four battles protected by the park, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.

 

Troop Movement Maps

 

Fredericksburg Troop Movements

5 Images

This collection of maps shows troop movements at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. The Battle of Fredericksburg took place from December 11-15, 1862. These maps show the actions of December 13, as Union forces stationed in Fredericksburg along the Rappahannock River attempted to assault the Confederates, who were positioned in a long line on the outskirts of town.

Chancellorsville Troop Movemen...

12 Images

This collection of maps shows troop movements at the Battle of Chancellorsville during the American Civil War. The Battle took place from April 30-May 6, 1863, with most of the fighting around Chancellorsville between May1-3. Over the course of the battle US General Joseph Hooker stayed on the defensive, while Confederate General Robert E. Lee maneuvered his forces around the Federals.

Wilderness Troop Movement Maps

6 Images

This collection of maps shows troop movements at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War. The battle took place from May 5-6, 1864. The Battle of the Wilderness was the first major engagement in the Overland Campaign. United States General Ulysses S. Grant had begun marching the US forces south when Confederate forces under command of General Robert E. Lee attempted to halt them in the region known as the Wilderness of Spotsylvania County.

Spotsylvania Troop Movements

24 Images

This collection of maps shows troop movements at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War. The battle took place from May 8-21, 1864. The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was the second major engagement in the Overland Campaign, occurring just days after the Battle of the Wilderness. After nearly two weeks of grueling fighting and stalemate, US General Ulysses S. Grant pushed his forces south to seek another engagement with Confederate forces under command of General Robert E. Lee.