Hamilton's Crossing

Hamilton's Crossing, four miles south of Fredericksburg, changed from a prewar flag-stop on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad into a critical Confederate supply base during the winter of 1862-63. After Union troops occupied Stafford County, trains could no longer run safely into Fredericksburg, so the crossing became the new railhead. Following the December 1862 battle, trains from Richmond unloaded daily shipments of food, clothing, and other supplies for Lee's army there, and the area filled with soldiers, camps, and the paraphernalia of war. After the war, rail service to Fredericksburg resumed, the station at Hamilton's Crossing closed permanently, and no evidence of it remains today.

Virginia · United States