Henry and Sophia Ebert were Prussian immigrants who made their home in Fredericksburg during the 1840s. They built their home into a small grocery store, which served the community on the Telegraph Road until the Civil War struck Fredericksburg in 1862. The Eberts were forced to leave their home by Confederate officers, and when they returned after the battle had ended, they found corpses of soldiers and their home and business badly damaged by all the fighting. The Ebert’s were persistent however, and they owned the house for generations to come, into the 1930s. The Ebert House and Store stood until the 1950s, and today, markers and foundation describing the history of the building are all that remains.

701 Sunken Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

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