Bank of Virginia Site on Caroline Street (Destroyed 1862)

The Bank of Virginia stood at the southwest corner of Caroline and William streets in Fredericksburg and was burned during the Union artillery bombardment of December 11, 1862. The site remained an empty lot for at least 25 years; an 1888 panoramic photograph from the Caroline-William intersection documents the still-empty bank site. Roughly 100 buildings (about 10% of the city) were destroyed in the bombardment.