Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

Why did this place matter in 1862?...and why does it matter today? Explore the Sunken Road through this guided walking tour that follows along the Sunken Road, where US soldiers made futile assaults against Confederate soldiers behind a stone wall, up Marye's Heights, where Confederate artillery ensured the Army of Northern Virginia's success, and through the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, the final resting place for over 15,000 US soldiers. *Pets are not allowed in the National Cemetery*

On May 10, 1863 Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson died in the office building of the Fairfield Plantation. Today, this location is most associated with the death of Jackson, but the history here spans a much wider period before and after the Civil War. Follow along and discover the history of this complex place. If following this tour onsite, the distance covered will be less than a quarter of a mile and the tour will take about 30 minutes to complete.

Welcome to the Salem Church Audio Walking Tour. Explore the history of these grounds from the establishment of the church through the site's role during the Civil War as a civilian refuge, battle site, and hospital, to its preservation in the 1900s. This tour of Salem Church can be viewed at home or can be used as a guide onsite. If following this tour onsite, the distance covered will be less than half a mile and the tour will take about 30 minutes to complete.

Just a day after the Battle of the Wilderness, the US and Confederate armies clashed again in the small community of Spotsylvania Court House. Drive the battlefield to the places where these armies experienced relentless fighting and where the nature of the Civil War was shifting in the summer of 1864. This tour follows the route indicted by the numbered stops on the circular battlefield tour signs on the park map and out in the landscape.

In the spring of 1864 the US Army of the Potomac and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia found themselves in the same position they had been a year earlier, with one major difference. Lincoln had appointed General Ulysses S. Grant commander of all US armies. Drive the Wilderness Battlefield, the first clash between Lee and Grant in the Overland Campaign. This tour follows the route indicted by the numbered stops on the circular battlefield tour signs on the park map and out in the landscape.