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October 15, 1966. Designated VLR. January 16, 1973 [4] Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and elsewhere in Spotsylvania County, commemorating four major battles in the American Civil War: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania .
The Battle of Fredericksburg (December 11, 1862 – December 15, 1862) was a major battle in the American Civil War fought at Fredericksburg, Virginia. [1] The battle saw almost 200,000 men engaged—more than any other Civil War battle. [2] It involved the first major opposed river crossing in the history of the United States.
The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and preliminary shootings, that consisted of murders and robberies in several states, and lasted for six months starting in February ...
Melvin Rees. Melvin David Rees (1928 – October 26, 1995) was an American serial killer who committed five murders in Virginia and Maryland between 1957 and 1959. [1] He murdered and sexually assaulted ( in that order) Margaret Harold, the girlfriend of US Army soldier Sgt. Roy D. Hudson, [2] during a highway encounter near Annapolis.
Fielding Lewis (July 7, 1725 – December 7, 1781) was an American merchant, member of the House of Burgesses and a Colonel during the American Revolutionary War. He lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia and also owned a plantation in Spotsylvania County, which later became known as Kenmore. His brother-in-law was George Washington, who was also ...
Gaye Adegbalola (born Gaye Todd; March 21, 1944, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States) is an American blues singer and guitarist, ... until his death in 1977.
Richard Rowland Kirkland (August 1843 – September 20, 1863), known as "The Angel of Marye's Heights", was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War, noted by both sides for his bravery and the story of his humanitarian actions during the Battle of Fredericksburg . Monument depicting Kirkland giving water to wounded Union troops at ...
