As we’ve discussed previously on the Battlefield Tours of Virginia Blog, the legacy of the American Civil War is still being felt today. With around 750,000 casualties and a country divided between North and South, the world’s first major industrialized conflict has unsurprisingly left deep scars. However, the war was also the final answer to...Read More
Many Civil War battlefield sites are lesser known because of their geographic location, they had fewer combatant/casualty numbers, they were not well defined by battlefield preservation, or they lacked attention in Civil War media and popular culture. They are, however, still well worth your time! These battlefields are often the missing pieces to complete the...Read More
The Fredericksburg battlefields have one of the highest concentrations of battlefields anywhere in the U.S. You will find five Civil War Battlefields within the 20 square miles of the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. The Fredericksburg area battlefields are a wonderful place to make...Read More
