Salem Church

Salem Church

Salem Church - the modern setting

Salem Church - local building material

local building material at Stone House (Manassas)

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• American Battlefield Protection Program
• Battle Summary: Salem Church
• Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
• 2nd Fredericksburg & Salem Church: A Driving Tour
• Old Salem Church
• Lee's greatest victory: Chancellorsville
• A famous photo 'taken in the midst of actual fighting'
• Fighting at Salem Church
• Library of Congress - Civil War Maps
• Sketch of the battles of Chancellorsville, Salem Church, and Fredericksburg, May 2, 3, and 4, 1863

Topics to Explore

- can you get a sense of what happened at Salem Church, by visiting it today?
- should the National Park Service dispose of the Salem Church, in order to maintain high standards for including places in the National Park system?
- would you support leasing Salem Church to a for-profit organization that would preserve the exterior but modify the interior into a retail store, in order to finance maintenance of the facility?
- what was the local building material used for constructing the first church at Jamestown?
- how was Salem Church heated in the 1860's?