Battle of Fredericksburg • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Armies
The Innis House is at Stop One on the Fredericksburg battlefield Auto Tour along the Sunken Road.
The marker looks over the Innis House along the Sunken Road
Text from the marker:
Innis House
This frame building, known as the Innis (or “Ennis”) house, stands as a mute witness to the terrible combat that engulfed this spot. Located along the Confederate line of battle, the small structure was marred by soldier graffiti and perforated by bullets and shell fragments. Confederate General Lafayette McLaws wrote that the house “had no space as large as two hands on it that had not been pierced.”
Although the family replaced the exterior clapboards, you can still see bullet marks on one of the vertical timbers on the right side of the house. More dramatic is the damage to the house’s interior. Martha Stephens, who lived next door and probably owned this building too, chose not to replace the partition wall separating the hallway from the living room. The scars made by dozens of bullets as visible today as they were in 1862.
Battle damage in the Innis House
View into the attic of the Innis House
Location of the marker
The marker is on the east side of the Sunken Road Trail about 270 yards north of the Visitor Center. It is on the east side of the trail that branches off from the Sunken Road and heads toward the Stephens House. (38°17’45.1″N 77°28’05.9″W)