Innis House

The frame building known as the Innis, or "Ennis," house stood along the Confederate line of battle and was engulfed in terrible combat. The small structure was ravaged by bullets and shell fragments, and Confederate General Lafayette McLaws wrote that it "had no space as large as two hands on it that had not been pierced." Although the owner, Martha Stephens, who lived next door, replaced some exterior clapboards, bullet marks can still be seen on one of the vertical timbers on the right side of the house. Inside, the damage is even more dramatic, with the scars made by dozens of bullets still visible as they were in 1862.

Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States