National Park Service Site · Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
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Preserves major Civil War battlefields including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.
Why it matters
Historical focus: American Civil War, Eastern Theater
Visiting
- Address
- Fredericksburg, VA · Map and directions
- Periods interpreted
- American Civil War
- Official page
- https://www.nps.gov/frsp/index.htm (opens nps.gov in a new tab)
Programs and events
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Nearby and related
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On April 9, 1865, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the effective end of the nation's largest war. Questions remained: could the nation reunite as one? How would emancipation be realized?
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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania, this is America's battleground, where the Civil War roared to its bloody climax. No place more vividly reflects the War's tragic cost in all its forms. A town bombarded and looted. Farms large and small ruined. Refugees by the thousands forced into the countryside. More than 85,000 men wounded; 15,000 killed--most in graves unknown.
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Manassas National Battlefield Park
On July 21, 1861, two armies clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run. Heavy fighting swept away any notion of a quick war. In August 1862, Union and Confederate armies converged for a second time on the plains of Manassas. The Confederates won a solid victory bringing them to the height of their power.
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Petersburg National Battlefield
Two hundred ninety-two days, eight offensives, over 70,000 casualties, U. S. Colored Troops, and the decline of Gen. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia all describe the Siege of Petersburg. U.S. forces cut off supplies to both Petersburg and the Confederate capital, Richmond. Today, the park preserves the sites of this pivotal campaign.
Organization Confirmed · checked 2026-09-12
Richmond National Battlefield Park
The center of Confederate manufacturing fueled a modern war, one of the South’s largest hospitals gave care to the sick and wounded, and armies battled on open fields and in miles of defensive earthworks. From 1861 to 1865, Richmond’s fate would determine America’s future.
Organization Confirmed · checked 2026-09-12
American Civil War Museum - Appomattox
The American Civil War Museum at Appomattox sits on one of the last Civil War battlefields, about 1.5 miles from where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. Its exhibits trace the war from secession through Reconstruction and reunification, displaying over 400 artifacts, photographs, and documents.
Organization Confirmed · checked 2026-06-21