This mile-long trail leads to the site of Bernard’s Cabins. On the eve of the Civil War, these cabins (now gone) were home to as many as thirty-five slaves. During the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Confederates turned the terrain surrounding the cabins into an important artillery position – the focal point of violent combat between dueling cannons.

Marker is on Lee Drive, on the right when traveling west.

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