Here is Chatham, built about 1750 by William Fitzhugh. Here Robert E. Lee came to court his wife. In the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, the house was occupied by General Sumner. It was General Hooker’s headquarters for a time, 1863.

Marker is on Virginia Route 3 0 miles east of Chatham Heights Road (County Route 212), on the right when traveling east.

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