The Longest March

Richmond Capitol of the Confederacy, Agecroft House of 1460, Fredrickburg– CLICK 4 SHOW

Richmond was much like any larger city you would expect. Although it was a nations capitol, briefly. The history we explored included seeing the Confederate States of America’s capitol building. We had intended to spend this morning at the Museum of the Confederacy but they were closed, go figure. So breakfast at about the only downtown eats was a New Orleans spot Very good and chicory coffee. We got plenty of exercise running about the city. Took a look at the new and old city halls and got a good view form the 19th story. One last stop in Richmond was to visit Agecroft Hall. This house was built in the 1400s and was sold to an American tobacco tycoon for $19,000. He had it shipped and reassembled here in 1928 for $250,000. All the floors creaked as you would expect and it was a nice break from the 1860s. The rest of the day was spent at Fredericksburg, Va. Two different battles took place over this burg. The town of 5000 (a quarter of them slaves) was demolished in the fighting. We finished the day at Chancellorsville down the road with a driving tour making a lot of stops and reading a lot of signs. This battle was difficult for us to get our heads around because of its complexity. Topping off our marathon day of about 200 miles and 10 hours with out a meal was a flub on hotel reservations resulting on a commute an extra 45 miles north to a hotel with rooms in Windsor, Va.