Innis House

The Innis, or "Ennis," house stood along the Confederate line of battle and was engulfed by terrible combat. The small frame building was marred by soldier graffiti and perforated by bullets and shell fragments. Confederate General Lafayette McLaws wrote that the house "had no space as large as two hands on it that had not been pierced." Although the family replaced the exterior clapboards, bullet marks can still be seen on one of the vertical timbers on the right side of the house. Even more dramatic is the interior damage: Martha Stephens, who lived next door and probably owned the building as well, chose not to replace the partition wall separating the hallway from the living room, leaving the scars made by dozens of bullets visible as they were in 1862.

Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States