2009 MRRT Annual Fieldtrip to Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg / Marye's Heights & Salem Church (VA)
2009 Trip Overview and Video
You can click on this link to view video highlights of our 2009 tour of the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Campaigns (October 17–18, 2009). Our itinerary included:
- The upper pontoon crossing of the Rappahannock
- Chatham Manor
- The Slaughter Pen Farm
- Marye's Heights
- The Lee & Jackson bivouac site
- Jackson's Flank March
- Catherine's Furnace
- Hazel Grove
- A Saturday evening candle-light tour of Guiney Station, the location of Jackson's death
Chancellorsville: April 30–May 6, 1863
![Spotsylvania Court House](images/spostylvaniacourthouse.jpg)
Resources:
- American Battlefield Trust: Chancellorsville: Overview
- American Battlefield Trust: Chancellorsville: Animated Map
Fredericksburg I (Marye's Heights):
December 11–15, 1862
![Maryes_Heights](images/Fredericksburg_I.jpg)
Resources:
- American Battlefield Trust: Marye's Heights—December 13, 1862
- Battle of Fredericksburg: Assault on Marye's Heights
Fredericksburg II: (Marye's Heights)
May 3, 1863
![Fredericksburg](images/Fredericksburg_II.jpg)
Resources:
- Encyclopedia Virginia: The Second Battle of Fredericksburg
Salem Church: May 3–4, 1863
![Salem Church](images/salem_church.jpg)
Resources:
- Library of Congress: Plan of Attack: The Battle of Salem Church
- Stone Sentinels: The Battle of Salem Church