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Battlefield Visitor Centers
 

Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center

Location: The Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center is located at 1013 Lafayette Boulevard in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Film: A 22 minute orientation film is offered on the hour and half-hour daily. The cost of the film is $2 for anyone age 10-61; $1 for anyone 62 or older; children under ten are free.

Guided Walking Tours: Historians lead 35 minute walking tours along the Sunken Road and Stone Wall on weekends and holidays only at 11:25, 1:25, 2:25 and 3:25 through the end of October.

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.

Tape Tours: For those visitors wanting a more detailed tour, a tape tour can be rented or purchased in the bookstore. The tape tour takes approximately three hours to complete.

Slide show of our 146th Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg activities. The slide show was put together by the Free-Lance Star and is an outside park link.

Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center

Chancellorsville Directions: To reach the Chancellorsville Visitor Center from I-95, take exit 130A (Route 3) west for approximately seven miles. The visitor center is on the right, north side of the highway.

Film: A 22 minute orientation film is offered on the hour and half-hour daily. The cost of the film is $2 for anyone age 10-61; $1 for anyone 62 or older; children under ten are free.

Guided Walking Tours: Historians lead 35 minute walking tours about the wounding of Stonewall Jackson on weekends and holidays only through the end of October at 11:25, 1:25, 2:25, and 3:25.

Driving Tour:
A twelve mile driving tour links several key spots on the battlefield beginning at the Chancellorsville Visitor Center.

 
Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitors Center
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Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitors Center in the snow.
Confederate artillerists on Marye's Heights  

Did You Know?
Marye's Heights is what Civil War soldiers called the high ground immediately west of Fredericksburg. It would be more accurate to call it Willis Heights. The heights consisted of two hills where the Willis and Marye families lived prior to the war. Willis Hill is the larger of the two hills.

Last Updated: December 17, 2008 at 13:22 EST