Stop 1 – Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center

Battle of Chancellorsville • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies

Chancellorsville Tour Stop 1 markerThe Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center is Stop 1 on the Chancellorsville Battlefield Auto Tour. The Visitor Center is a great place to start a Chancellorsville visit by learning the background of the battle and becoming oriented to the Chancellorsville battlefield. It is also the site where Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was mortally wounded by the accidental fire of his own men on the evening of May 1, 1863.

Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center

A short walking trail around the Visitor Center leads to several monuments and markers. The numbers correspond to locations on the map:

1- National Park orientation
2- Chancellorsville orientation
3- Chancellorsville Compass Rose
4- Color Map Display
5- Confederate Catastrophe
6- A Fatal Reconnaissance
7- Jackson Boulder Monument (with #8)
8- Jackson Monument marker
9- Jackson Monument
10- Unknown Union Soldier
11- Memorializing Jackson’s Death
12- Chancellorsville Campaign: May 2, 9 pm		 Map of the area around the Chancellorsvilla Battlefield Visitor Center
Orientation markers outside the Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center

Orientation markers outside the Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center (1&2 on the map above)

Location of the Visitor Center

The Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center is just north of Plank Road, Virginia Route 3, nine miles west of the Fredericksburg exit 130 on Interstate 95. There is an entrance to the visitor center just to its east off Plank Road or it can be entered via Bullock Road. Plank Road is a divided highway, but both sets of lanes have access to both entrances. (38°18’40.2″N 77°39’01.2″W)

Chancellorsville Tour Stop 2 markerDirections to the next stop on the Auto Tour:
Turn right out of the Visitor Center parking lot onto Bullock Avenue. Stop 2 is 0.75 mile ahead on the right.