A strategic location between Richmond and Washington, DC, made Fredericksburg the site of some of the Civil War's most grisly battles. While these events are very much in Fredericksburg's past, they are by no means forgotten. A trip to the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park includes historian led tours that inform visitors of the battles. This particular site also includes Chatham, a pre-revolutionary mansion that served, at times, as both a Union hospital and an army headquarters. Visitors can tour five rooms of the home. At the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, visitors can pay their respects to more than 15,000 Civil War soldiers.