Offered here is a 2.5” x 2.5” x 1.5” chunk of brick from the Chancellor House. This house was “Chancellorsville” at the intersection of the Orange Turnpike and Eley’s Ford Road, about 8 miles west of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

The house was the epicenter of the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863. The house was headquarters for Union General Hooker for a few days until he and the Army of the Potomac retreated from the field.

A large two and a half story brick building was constructed about 1816 and occasionally functioned as an inn for travelers on the busy route. The building burned during the battle. The family rebuilt the house, but that structure also burned down in 1927.

This comes from the Gregory A. Coco collection. Greg was born in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana in 1946. He served in Vietnam and was a Park Ranger at Gettysburg NMP for many years. Greg enjoyed historical research and authored many books relating to the Battle of Gettysburg, most notably “A Vast Sea of Misery” and “A Strange and Blighted Land”.   [jet] [ph:L]

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