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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Animals
 
Many different vegetative types provides habitat for a wide variety of wildlife in the park. Open land wildlife includes rabbits, groundhogs, quail, mourning dove, hawks, owls, field sparrows and several other bird species normally found in cropland, pasture, and meadows. Woodland wildlife includes white-tailed deer, gray squirrels, raccoon, opossum, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, woodpeckers and warblers. Wetland wildlife includes beaver, mink, muskrat, ducks, geese, and other water birds that live along streams, in ponds, marshes, and swamps. There is also a wide variety of reptiles and amphibians.
Graffiti House on the Brandy Station battlefield  

Did You Know?
The Graffiti House is the headquarters of the Brandy Station Foundation. It contains graffiti left by Civil War soldiers.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST