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

Resources:

• American Battlefield Trust: Chancellorsville: Overview
  
  
• American Battlefield Trust: Chancellorsville: Animated Map

Fredericksburg I (Marye's Heights):
December 11–15, 1862

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

Resources:

• Encyclopedia Virginia: The Second Battle of Fredericksburg

Salem Church: May 3–4, 1863

Resources:

• Library of Congress: Plan of Attack: The Battle of Salem Church
  
  
• Stone Sentinels: The Battle of Salem Church