Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
National Military Park

Visiting the Park

Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center

Preparing For Your Visit
Park and Fredericksburg area information including directions to the Park and telephone numbers.

Touring The Park
This is the gateway to information on battlefield touring options. There is a section on each of the four battlefields of the park, the Jackson Shrine, Salem Church, and the local Civil War cemeteries. The park walking tour folders can be found here as well as links to a great deal of information about the battles, the leaders and the units involved.

Park Maps
Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view Park Maps.

The Battle of Fredericksburg, Animated Maps
View an animated recreation of the entire battlefield on December 13, 1862. The Confederate army is represented by red bars and the Union army by blue bars. The animation requires Shockwave to play. If you don't have it, you can download it for free from Macromedia. Battle animation courtesy of TravelBrains. (File size: 1.9 MB) (Download time: 38 sec with DSL / 4 min 30 sec with 56K)
Click Here to begin the program
The park bookstores sell superbly detailed troop position maps for all four battlefields. The bookstore manager can be reached at (540) 372-3034.

For More Information Go To

Table Of Contents For The Park Website

Or To The Individual Sections Of The Website

The Battles | Tours and Lectures | Civil War Research | What's New | Miscellaneous

Posted by Mac Wyckoff
Last updated 02/05/05

http://www.nps.gov/frsp/visit.htm