2011 END-OF-SUMMER HOURS
In Effect August 15 – September 5, 2011
Audio tours covering the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville battlefields, each lasting three hours, are available at the visitor center bookstores.
(Please be aware that, besides the programs listed below, there are separate schedules for additional, special events and the Friday-evening History at Sunset tours.)
Fredericksburg Battlefield:
Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center--open weekdays 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m; weekends and Labor Day 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
22-minute film shown on the hour and half hour (fee)
Sunken Road Walking Tour -- 35-minute walk
weekends: 10:25, 11:25, 1:25, 2:25, 3:25, 4:25
weekdays: please check with visitor center staff for schedule.
Chatham:
(Historic building and Union headquarters)
Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Two films available upon request. Free.
"Stonewall" Jackson Shrine:
(Historic building where General Thomas J. Jackson died.)
Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Chancellorsville Battlefield:
Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center--open weekdays 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m; weekends and Labor Day 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
22-minute film shown on the hour and half hour (fee)
Jackson Wounding Walking Tour --35-minute guided walk
weekends: 10:25, 1:25, 2:25 and 4:25
weekdays: please check with visitor center staff for schedule
“Decisions and Desperation: Day 3 at Chancellorsville”—45-minute guided walk. Leaves from Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center (includes walking on woodland trails, proper footwear is recommended).
weekends: 11:25 and 3:25
Wilderness Battlefield:
Wilderness Exhibit Shelter
Park historian on duty to explain the battle on weekends and Labor
Day: 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. & 1:45-5:15 p.m.
"Grant vs. Lee: No Turning Back" -- 45-minute guided walk. Leaves from the Wilderness Exhibit Shelter on weekends and Labor Day,
11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Ellwood Manor:
(Historic building on Wilderness Battlefield used as a Union headquarters; cemetery contains "Stonewall" Jackson's amputated arm.)
Open daily, August 15-19, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Open weekends and Labor Day, August 20 - September 5, 11 a.m. -5 p.m.
Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield:
Spotsylvania Exhibit Shelter
Park historian on duty to explain the battle on weekends and Labor
Day: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Bloody Angle Walking Tour--45-minute guided walk leaves from
Spotsylvania Battlefield Tour Stop # 3 on weekends and Labor Day
at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
For additional information call the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center at 540-373-6122 or the Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center at 540-786-2880.
