The Battle of FredericksburgOn May 2, 1863, as the tail end of Stonewall Jackson's flanking column neared the Wellford place, Union infantry launched an attack. They struck Jackson's rearguard (the 23rd Georgia) a half-mile to the north, at Catharine Furnace. From there, they fought a running battle to the Wellford farm. Confederate artillery unlimbered in the yard of the Wellford house to help repel a Union assault.
|Placed By||National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior|
|Marker Condition||No reports yet|
|Date Added||Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 1:21pm PDT -07:00|
|UTM (WGS84 Datum)||18S E 268562 N 4240199|
|Decimal Degrees||38.28005000, -77.64591667|
|Degrees and Decimal Minutes||N 38° 16.803', W 77° 38.755'|
|Degrees, Minutes and Seconds||38° 16' 48.18" N, 77° 38' 45.30" W|
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|Closest Postal Address||At or near 11671-11699 Jackson Trail E, Spotsylvania VA 22553, US|
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