Spotsylvania Burn Unit 2010 Fire Effects Monitoring Annual Report

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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park is located approximately 50 miles south of Washington, D.C. The park is spread out over a 145-square mile area in the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, at the junction of Interstate 95 and State Route 3, and in Caroline, Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties. It is comprised of four separate Civil War battlefields: Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House, Chancellorsville, and Wilderness, and four related sites: Salem Church, Chatham Manor, Jackson Shrine, and the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. On four separate occasions, the main eastern armies of the United States and the Confederate States fought major battles in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia. The woods and fields of the battles are the primary resources of the park: federal lands encompass 1,200 ac of open fields, 6,000 ac of forest, 540 ac of wetlands, and 102 mi of boundary. In addition, the park has significant terrain features, historic roads and traces, structures, house sites, ruins, cemeteries, monuments, markers, and historic objects. A number of historic structures dating from the mid-19th century add to the park's significance, including more than 43 mi of earthworks built by the soldiers, Salem Church, the house where Stonewall Jackson died, Ellwood, Chatham Manor, and several other structures that were landmarks on the historic fields.