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The Sunken Road


Battle of Fredericksburg • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Facts • Armies


Tour Stop One on the Fredericksburg Battlefield Auto TourThe Sunken Road is at Stop One of the Fredericksburg Battlefield Auto Tour. It runs along the foot of Marye’s Heights from Lafayette Boulevard north.

Entrance to the Sunken Road outside the Visitor Center at Fredericksburg

Map of the Sunken Road trail on the Antietam battlefield

monuments along the Sunken Road
Thomas R.R. Cobb
Sergeant Richard R. Kirkland
Martha Stevens

wayside markers along the Sunken Road
Angel of Marye’s Heights
Brompton
Thomas R.R. Cobb 

The Confederate Line 
Ebert House and Store
Field of Battle 
Innis House 

The Killing Fields 
The Original Wall 
Seeking Cover 
Stephens Family Cemetery 
Stephens House
The Sunken Road
The Union Attacks Begin 

The Sunken Road at the foot of Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg

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