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1973 Map of Chancellorsville

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Chancellorsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The Frederickburg-Spotsylvania National Military Park dominates this terrain, preserving the complex networks of the 1860s through markers and monuments. This 1973 revision highlights the significant historical imprint on the landscape, where Battle Trenches and commemorative sites like the Jackson Monument and Wadsworth Monument line the modern roadways. The presence of the Old Railroad Grade and the Jackson Furnace ruins indicates the area's earlier industrial and transport foundations, which were later overlaid by the infrastructure of the park and rural settlements such as Wilderness Corner and Cookstown.

The landscape is defined by its watercourses, including the Rapidan River and Wilderness Run, which influenced both military strategy and early settlement. Small country churches such as Pilgrim Ch and Zion Hill Ch serve as local landmarks for genealogists, while family-named features like Hamiltons Thicket and Paynes Store provide specific points of interest for local history researchers exploring the Spotsylvania and Orange County borderlands.