The Fredericksburg Battlefield: A National Icon and National Park
Situated between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia, the small town of Fredericksburg has transformed since the extreme desolation in 1862 during the Battle of Fredericksburg, to the creation of the National Cemetery and the sanctuary for Union dead at the various engagements around Spotsylvania County, but also the formation of the areas inside the great National Park Service site today. This documentary will cover events that transpire after the Battle of Fredericksburg in December of 1862, look at how land is preserved , and how men are memorialized in Fredericksburg, Virginia in the twenty-first century.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
Visit at the Fredericksurg National Military Park in Virginia, USA, on the 14th of September 2015.
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside. The Union Army's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War, with Union casualties more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates.
Among the other place: Sunken Road, Chatham House, Lee's Hill, Howison Hill, Union Breakthrough and Prospect Hill.
Visita al campo di battaglia di Fredericksburg, Virginia, Stati Uniti d'America, il 14.09.2015.
La battaglia di Fredericksburg (Virginia) deve il suo nome alla località sita sulla riva meridionale del fiume Potomac in cui forze unioniste (Armata del Potomac) al comando del magg. gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (circa 114.000 soldati) e forze confederate (Armata della Virginia settentrionale) al comando del gen. Robert E. Lee (72.497 soldati), forti entrambe di un parco d'artiglieria di oltre 400 cannoni, dettero vita tra l'11 e il 15 dicembre 1862 al primo scontro di trincea della storia.
Tra gli altri posti: Sunken Road, Chatham, Lee's Hill, Howison Hill, Union Breakthrough and Prospect Hill.
ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERY - The History Guy
In 1864, State Senator Lewis P. Firey introduced to the Maryland Senate a plan to establish a state, or national, cemetery for the men who died in the Maryland Campaign of 1862. On March 23, 1865, the state established a burial site by purchasing 11¼ acres for $1,161.75.
The original Cemetery Commission's plan allowed for burial of soldiers from both sides. However, the rancor and bitterness over the recently completed conflict and the devastated South's inability to raise funds to join in such a venture persuaded Maryland to recant. Consequently, only Union dead are interred here. Confederate remains were re-interred in Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown, Maryland; Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland; and Elmwood Cemetery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Approximately 2,800 Southerners are buried in these three cemeteries, over 60% of whom are unknown.
In an effort to locate grave sites and identify the occupants, no one was of more value than two area men: Aaron Good and Joseph Gill. In the days, months, and years following the battle, these men freely gave of their time and gathered a large number of names and burial locations. The valuable service provided by these men cannot be overstated. The dead were identified by letters, receipts, diaries, photographs, marks on belts or cartridge boxes, and by interviewing relatives and survivors. Contributions totaling over $70,000 were submitted from 18 Northern states to the administrators of the Antietam National Cemetery Board. With a workforce consisting primarily of honorably discharged soldiers, the cemetery was completed by September 1867.
On September 17, 1867, on the fifth anniversary of the battle, the cemetery was ready for the dedication ceremonies. The ceremony was important enough to bring President Andrew Johnson and other dignitaries. President Johnson proclaimed, When we look on yon battlefield, I think of the brave men who fell in the fierce struggle of battle, and who sleep silent in their graves. Yes, many of them sleep in silence and peace within this beautiful enclosure after the earnest conflict has ceased.
Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery December 11 2016
Fredericksburg Virginia on the 154th anniversary of the battle.
Battle of Fredericksburg-Dec 11, 1862
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Historian Becca Jameson on the beginning of the Battle of Fredericksburg.
More Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery views December 11 2016
Views on the 154th anniversary of the battle
Memorial Day 2013 Luminary at The Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Battle of Fredericksburg-Destruction
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Chief Historian John Hennessy on the destruction to Fredericksburg in 1862,
Walk in Fredericksburg National Military Park, April 2012
A video of Fredericksburg National Military Park, Fredericksburg, VA. This was the location of two very bloody battles during the Civil War. The more famous engagement took place in December 1862. It was a Confederate Victory. There is a statue there for Richard Kirkland, The Angel of Mayre's Heights. A true American Hero. I aplogize for mis-staing his name.
Annual Fredericksburg National Cemetery Illumination 2016 - Stop #4
Every year on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, the park hosts an annual Illumination at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. The luminaria pays tribute to soldiers who have given their lives for this country. To honor those soldiers, members of the Mattaponi and Aquia Districts of the Boy Scouts of America and the Commonwealth Council Girl Scouts of the USA light 15,300 candles in the cemetery – one for each soldier buried there. In addition, a bugler played “Taps” every 30 minutes during the evening and park staff posted throughout the cemetery told the stories of soldiers interred there. 2016 marked the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the national cemetery, and themes related to this topic were incorporated into the narration.
Stop #4 tells the story of Edith Rose Tench, a Yeoman in the United States Navy Reserve Force in World War I.
Fredericksburg Bells
Fredericksburg church bells rang at 3pm on August 25, along with bells across the United States, to commemorate the first enslaved Africans who landed in English colonies at Point Comfort, VA in 1619. The bells rang for four minutes, one minute for every 100 years.
Fredericksburg Battlefield, VA, US - Part 1
Please visit for full video and more free videos. Fredericksburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia located 50 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 58 miles north of Richmond. It is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Located on the Rappahannock River near the head of navigation at the fall line, Fredericksburg developed as the frontier of colonial Virginia shifted west out of the coastal plain.
Named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of King George II, the colonial town's streets bore the names of members of the royal family.
The city has close associations with George Washington, whose family moved to Ferry Farm in Stafford County just off the Rappahannock opposite Fredericksburg in 1738.
Other significant early residents include the Revolutionary War generals Hugh Mercer and George Weedon, naval war hero John Paul Jones, and future U.S. president James Monroe.
During the American Civil War, Fredericksburg gained strategic importance due to its location midway between Washington and Richmond, the opposing capitals of the Union and the Confederacy.
During the battle of Fredericksburg, December 11 - 15, 1862, the town sustained significant damage due to bombardment and looting at the hands of Union forces.
A second battle was fought in and around the town on May 3, 1863, in connection with the Chancellorsville campaign (April 27, 1863 - May 6, 1863).
The battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House were fought nearby in May 1864.
Today Fredericksburg is the commercial hub of a rapidly growing region in north central Virginia.
The national military park preserves portions of the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. The Fredericksburg National Cemetery, also part of the park, is located on Maryes Heights on the Fredericksburg battlefield and contains more than 15,000 Union burials from the areas battlefields.
Battle of Fredericksburg
* The December 13, 1862 battle is known as General Robert E. Lees easiest victory
Battle of Chancellorsville
The May 1-5, 1863 battle is known as General Robert E. Lees greatest victory.
Battle of Wilderness
The May 5-6, 1864 battle began a six week campaign that began the bloodiest campaign in American history.
Battle of Spotsylvania
On May 8, 1864 the Union army seized initiative by moving from Wilderness to Spotsylvania Court House. That shift changed the course of the war as the armies began the road to Lees surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Chatham Manor is a historic building that served as a headquarters and hospital during the battle.
Driving Tour: There are two sections of the battlefield; Prospect Hill and Marye's Heights. A five-mile driving tour links the two sections beginning at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center at the base of Marye's Heights.
Meade Pyramid on the Fredericksburg Battlefield
Points of interest
Kenmore Plantation
Monroe Hall at University of Mary Washington
* Carl's Ice Cream
* Central Park
* Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center
* Ferry Farm
* Fredericksburg (Amtrak station)
* Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
* Rising Sun Tavern
* Kenmore Plantation
* Mary Washington House
* James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library
* Old Mill Park
* Hugh Mercer Apothecary
* St. George's Church
* Alum Spring Park
* Spotsylvania Towne Centre
* University of Mary Washington
* United States National Slavery Museum (opening soon)
* Kalahari Resorts (opening around December 2010)
The Bloodiest Landscape in North America
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania - more than 85,000 men wounded; 15,000 killed. No place more vividly reflects the Civil Wars tragic cost, in all its forms. These places reveal the trials of a community and nation at war.
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park is the second largest military park in the world. Chickamauga & Chattanooga is the largest and oldest.
FNN: Fredericksburg I-95 Memorial Battle Flag
Virginia Flaggers Fredericksburg I-95 Memorial Battle Flag Dedication/Flag Raising
May 31, 2014
Fredericksburg, Va. Community Honors Its Fallen Soldiers.wmv
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Out of more than 206 U.S. service member deaths in Virginia during the global war on terror, 25 of them originially resided in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Many of those residents as well as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell paid their respects for those who have fallen.
We honor the fact that there are men and women in this country that are willing to take up that call to arms and literally lay down their lives, said Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.
Fredericksburg resident Mary Mann's father served in World War I, World War II and in the Korean War. Her son Jeffrey is a Black Hawk pilot with the Virginia State National Guard and has served one tour in Iraq.
You don't grow a community overnight and it's a gift to have one and I feel very blessed to be here, said Mann.
Ensign Robert Jones of the United States Navy said there is a built-in support network for military families like his.
Not a day goes by where I don't meet someone who's appreciative, said Jones.
Marine Lt. Colonel Michael Finlee calls Fredericksburg a pretty patriotic place.
On a day when the nation remembers its veterans, there was no better place to be.
The important thing is to remember everyone, remember everyone who's sacrificed for us. That's the reason we're here, said Melanie Finlee.
There are more than 15,000 buried at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. Since then, the community has continued to sacrifice, burying another 25 from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The most recent was Marine Corporal Nicholas Parada Rodriguez of Stafford County. He was shot in the back last month in Afghanistan.
It takes its toll, but you also expect it. Being a Marine, we go to the hardest places and do the hardest jobs, said Michael Finlee.
For Ensign Jones, Memorial Day will always be about one sailor buried in Arlington. His name was Petty Officer Travis Youngblood and Jones met his mother at his gravesite.
My voice just caught and I finally said, I just don't have any words. And she smiled and very calmly said, that's okay and put me at ease and told me how proud she was of her son, said Jones.
PRMI: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Here is a short video highlighting aerial imagery of Chatham Manor and the National Cemetery, both of which are part of the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia. Precision Resource Management Imagery, LLC (PRMI) was honored to be the first to capture aerial footage of these historic locations, both of which played a part in the U.S. Civil War. To learn more about PRMI visit prmimagery.com.
Arlington National Cemetery opens a new section for grave-sites - 247 news
Arlington National Cemetery opens a new section for grave-sites - 247 news
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Arlington National Cemetery has opened a new section of grave-sites amid proposals to place restrictions on military personnel who may be buried there. The cemetery located in Arlington, Virginia, opened its 27-acre Millennium site on Thursday afternoon.Two Civil War soldiers recently discovered at a northern Virginia battlefield were buried as part of a ceremony to mark the opening.The expansion will add 27,000 spaces, including more than 16,000 reserved for cremated remains in a new Columbarium.The first ground burials in the new location will be two unidentified sets of remains found among severed limbs in a surgeon's pit at Manassas National Battlefield Park. Experts believe the two were Union soldiers who died during the Second Battle of Bull Run in 1862. The military, which runs the cemetery, is considering restricting eligibility requirements to preserve the cemetery's ability to accept more burials.Approximately 420,000 veterans and their spouses, from service members to former presidents, have found a final resting place at Arlington.Every year, 7,000 more people are buried with military honors there. But at the current pace, Arlington will reach its capacity within about 25 years. Share this article Share Earlier this month the Times reported that The Army wants to maintain the Arlington ritual for at least another 150 years.However, with no way to physically expand cemetery grounds which is encircled by highways and development, the only way to avoid overcrowding is to restrict who can be buried in the military cemetery opened during the Civil War.One proposal would allot Arlington plots only to service members killed in action or bestowed the military’s highest award, the Medal of Honor.But undermining the egalitarian promise of Arlington as a final resting place for ordinary veterans has also sparked debate.Veterans of Foreign Wars who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and has 1.7 million veterans, has adamantly opposed the proposed restrictions.Since its inception in 1864, Arlington National Cemetery has been a burial ground for military personnel. In addition to the graves of fallen war heroes, it’s also the resting place for veterans who have gone on to prominence in other fields. The following is a list of famous graves and memorials at Arlington National Cemetery.After his assassination in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington. Each year millions of people visit the gravesite of the 35th President marked by an eternal flame.Another one of the famous graves at Arlington National Cemetery includes that of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who was laid to rest next to President Kennedy on May 23, 1994.JFK’s brother, he former Attorney General of the United States, Robert F. Kennedy was also buried adjacent to him in 1968.The gravesite is adorned with a simple white wooden cross and a small grey granite foot marker.William Howard Taft was the first president to be buried in
Willis Hill Cemetery Fredericksburg
A look at damage caused by Union artillary to the gates to Willis Hill Cemetery Fredericksburg. The Willis Hill Cemetery, on Marye's Heights, was used by Confederate medics during the battle of Fredericksburg in 1862.
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Arlington National Cemetery will conduct a military funeral for two Civil War Unknown Soldiers, Sept. 6, in conjunction with the official dedication of two new streets and the opening of its 27-acre Millennium expansion, which provides 27,282 interment spaces that are located either above or below ground.
This beautiful, natural area supports the cemetery's long term goal of optimizing interment space that is contiguous with the existing cemetery in order to maintain future active operations and preserve the Arlington experience.
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Reverberations: Spotsylvania Court House - Nathan Church (Gratiot Co. Michigan)
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Park Ranger Peter Maugle examines the experience of Captain Nathan Church, 26th Michigan at the battle of the Mule Shoe during the Spotsylvania Court House battles of the Overland Campaign.
Reverberations is part of the signature commemoration events at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, and Petersburg National Battlefield. Each park will simultaneously have rangers at communities in the North and South conducting programs to commemorate units from those communities who served in the Overland Campaign.