The cabins where we were staying outside Washington, DC, adjoined the Battlefield at Chancellorsville, so we headed over there the second day we were on vacation. I do love a good battlefield. In case you’ve forgotten, Chancellorsville is where Stonewall Jackson was killed – shot by friendly fire. It was a great museum & movie – both had very recently been updated – so they were very enjoyable. I found this sign very interesting, & am going to have to do some more checking on it. I thought for sure that when I was at the site of the Battle of Yorktown several years ago, there were trenches you could still see that the soldiers had dug then. Maybe I’ll just have to plan a return trip there! This also makes me a little sad we didn’t have time to check out the battlefields at either Spotsylvania or the Wilderness. That definitely calls for another trip.
We took a short walking tour led by one of the national park rangers – they are always so, so good and knowledgeable – and then went on the self guided driving trail. That actually involved quite a bit of walking, too. At one of the stops there was a fork in the path, so Mallory & I went one way to check it out, and Lindee & Clara went the other. They got the best end of the deal – theirs led to some of the actual trenches, while ours was just the link that led back to the visitor’s center. Here is Mal running over to reconnect with the other two when we all came back out of the woods. As you can see, it was another lovely day.