Regular admission charged. Fund-raiser for John S. Mosby Foundation. Civil War-period band, light refreshments. Period attire recommended, but not required.
Tours depart from the depot visitors center.
Participants should arrive 15 minutes early to purchase tickets. Proceeds benefit the Museum of Culpeper History. The newly christened commander of the Army of the Potomac had brought his troops to Fredericksburg with the intention of crossing the Rappahannock River and pressing on to Richmond. Writing the series is Donald C. Pfanz, staff historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. He served at Petersburg National Battlefield and Fort Sumter National Monument before joining the Park Service here.