Historical Marker
Confederate Catastrophe
Historical marker location:
9001 Plank Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
( Marker is on Plank Road / Germania Highway, on the right when traveling west.)
The Battle of Chancellorsville. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.