Explore Fredericksburg
These podcasts and vodcasts bring you to some of the Fredericksburg area’s most important sites and tell some of its most important stories, brought to you by the historians who know these places best. Each program lasts between 25 and 35 minutes (travel not included). You can download the programs to your personal MP3 player or iPod for use on site, or you can listen and watch online. At Chatham, MP3 players pre-loaded with the program are available for free when you visit.
The programs are a cooperative effort of the National Park Service, the Greater Fredericksburg Tourism Partnership, and the Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission
Fredericksburg Media Features
A Slave’s World
Explore the world and words of John Washington, a slave for 24 years in Fredericksburg.
Chatham
Historian Donald Pfanz takes you on a tour of the grounds at Chatham, a 1771 plantation caught in a swirl of military activity.
Sunken Road: Battlefield
Join Historian Frank O’Reilly for a walking tour of the restored Sunken Road at Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania Court House
Join Historian Frank O'Reilly as he reveals the fighting along the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg.
Sunken Road: Homeplace
Join John Hennessy to explore the homeplaces that stood along the Sunken Road — looking at the battle from the civilians' perspective.
City of Hospitals
John Hennessy walks the streets of Fredericksburg, exploring the sites that became hospitals during the Civil War.
Upcoming Media Features
Fredericksburg Battlefield
- The Battle for Prospect Hill (Frank O’Reilly)
- Across the Bloody Plain (Frank O’Reilly)
- Where Valor Sleeps: The National Cemetery (Donald Pfanz)
- Fighting in the Streets (Frank O’Reilly)
- Civil War Falmouth (John Hennessy)
- Embattled Town: Fredericksburg Civilians (John Hennessy)
- A Town Bombarded and Looted (John Hennessy)
Chancellorsville Battlefield
- Jackson’s Flank Attack (Donald Pfanz)
- Hazel Grove and Fairview (Donald Pfanz)
- The Red Badge of Courage and Chancellorsville (John Hennessy)
Wilderness Battlefield
- Saunders Field (Greg Mertz)
- Horror on the Plank Road (John Hennessy)
- Crisis in Widow Tapp’s Field (Frank O’Reilly)
Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield
- First Blood at Laurel Hill (Frank O’Reilly)
- Upton’s Attack (Greg Mertz)
- From Battlefield to Park (homes caught amidst battle—John Hennessy)
- The Bloody Angle (Greg Mertz)