Event Details
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12/13/2012
Location: Fredericksburg Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Fee Information: Free Contact Name: Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center Contact Phone Number: (540) 373-6122
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10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Attacking Marye's Heights: Sacrificing to Win |
Fredericksburg City Dock |
Walk the ground where, early in the day, Union troops attacked Marye's Heights in an effort to draw Confederate attention away from the attacks south of town |
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1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Breakthrough at Prospect Hill |
Tour Stop 6, Fredericksburg Battlefield |
Join park historians as they stroll Prospect Hill, where, for a few brief minutes, the outcome of the battle hung in the balance |
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3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
The Hopeless Charge:The Last Attacks against Marye's Heights |
Hurkamp Park on George Street |
Follow the path of Union soldiers who continued to attack Marye's Heights after all hopes of victory had vanished |