Chatham Manor

This is going to be a great weekend. Steven has a "96," aka: 4 day weekend. He has some studying and work to do. Otherwise, it's hang out time for the whole family.

We decided that it was a great time to enjoy the local attractions finally. So we ventured down to Fredericksburg to visit Chatham Manor. It's a pretty neat place that has a lot of history. It's over 250 years old. It was very famous back in the day and so it's had several president's there. It's seen slavery, the Civil War, the Great Depression among many other events. The Union Army fought here at this sight against the Confederates during the Battle of Fredericksburg.

When it was originally built, there was a lot of agriculture there. There were nearly 100 slaves working there to keep it running. The place was a mini city with horse stables for 30 horses, farm land, a dairy, chicken coop, etc.

Walking up to the estate

That gardens had butterflies everywhere

Cannons that the Union Army would have used during the
Battle of Fredericksburg. There is a river down below between the estate and the city in the distance.

Those Irish pop up all over history. There were a lot of soldiers buried here but then later relocated. 

This was originally the back of the house, but a later owner made it to the front