Historical Marker
Memorializing Jackson's Death
Historical marker location:
9001 Plank Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Plank Road (State Highway 3), on the right when traveling west.)
The Battle of Chancellorsville. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.