Battles of Fredericksburg
The hill here is Marye's Heights, occupied by the Confederates in the battles of December 13, 1862, and May 3, 1863. In the first battle all attempts of the Union troops to take it failed. In the second battle (the Chancellorsville campaign) the Union troops carried the position, which was held by a small force.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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