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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Chancellorsville Trails

There are walking tours for:
Wounding of Stonewall Jackson Trail. This short trails begins at the map painting outside the Chancellorsville Visitor Center and loops around the building to the place where Jackson was wounded.
Chancellorsville History Trail. This trail has two loops that both begin in the Chancellorsville Visitor Center parking lot. A 1/2 mile loop goes to some Union earthworks and areas that resemble the Wilderness of 1863. A 3 1/2 mile trail follows the advance of some of the Confederate army of May 3 and then loops back largely following earthworks.
Hazel Grove-Fairview Trail. This two mile loop begins at Hazel Grove and traverses the area of the severest fighting on May 3.
Click here for a map of the above two trails.
McLaws' Trail. This two mile loop traverses a newly purchased tract which was fought over on May 1-3, 1863.
Salem Church Trail. This short trail loops around Salem Church where fighting raged on the evening of May 3, 1863.

 
Union artillery position at Fairview
Union artillery position at Fairview
Cannon at Hazel Grove on the Chancellorsville Battlefield  

Did You Know?
There are five trails through the Chancellorsville Battlefield ranging in distance from a short walk around the visitor center to where Stonewall Jackson was shot to a 4 mile trail.

Last Updated: October 21, 2007 at 16:00 EST