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

The last stop on the Spotsylvania Battlefield Auto Tour is just before Burnside Drive leaves the park and ends at Courthouse Road, which was known as Fredericksburg Road at the time of the battle.

The Fredericksburg Road became the Union supply route during the Battle of the Wilderness, bringing in food and ammunition and carrying away the thousands of wounded.

There are two wayside markers at the stop:

Fredericksburg Road
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Tour Stop 8 is on the south side of Burnside Drive, just northwest of the Courthouse Road intersection. (38°12’40.6″N 77°34’38.6″W) Although Burnside drive is two way trafic at this point it is only for a short distance. It is not possible to return to the park by car on Burnside Drive; you must head west on Courthouse Road and north on Brock Road to the Grant Avenue entrance (2.5 miles).

Where to next?
This is the last stop on the auto tour.

Turn right on Courthouse Road to visit the Spotsylvania Court House Historical District and the Confederate Cemetery. You can also return this way to the entrance to the Spotsylvania battlefield or eight miles north to the Wilderness and Chancellorsville battlefields.

Turn left on Courthouse Road to go to the little-visited monument at Harris Farm, or to return to Fredericksburg.

(go to the main Battle of Spotsylvania Auto Tour page)