"Need Help Battle of Spotsylvania Court House" Topic

I have done research on this for some time and could only come up with this picture of the McCoul House. This I do know that it is documented that the McCouls ( brother and three sisters were hiding in the basement during the battle and I have seen pictures of the original foundation at ground level. In the picture even with a magnifine glass, I cannot make out the foundation outer texture (material) that the house was built on above the ground level. If anyone can help in this, I would greatly appreciate it and if not I am going to have to guess at it refering to other stuctures building material and construction in the area of that time.

If I remember, I can run out there tomorrow to see if the marker has any comments on the building … it's only several miles away.

That would be great, I think it looks like large masoned block stone. I have seen this type of fundation used in pictures taken around the time of the battle in that area. I would like to depict it historicaly in my 28mm scale version.
Thank you and look forward to any input.

Jim

Here's the marker link

Painter Jim,

I went out to the house site today at the battlefield and there really isn't anything left of the foundation at the site. There are remnants of what appeared to be the chimney and it was primarily large stone and no evidence of bricks.
I mention this because at the nearby Harrison House there are remnants of the house outline (which is far more pronounced); and, there it appears the base was composed of quarried stone/rock.
Of interest, at the Harrison House, there's a mix of orange-red bricks sitting atop and mixed in with some of the stone forming the outline of the home perimeter strongly suggesting there was definitely brick there, but how much used in construction I couldn't guess.

Here's a pic I posted on FB link

First off, my apologies to the McCoulls for the mispelling of thier name. I think it is safe to go with the quarried stone. I am very greatful to the both of you for your time and input, you would not believe the time that whent into researching this, but well worth it.

Inlarging the marker picture, it seems to be a small girl standing in the doorway.

This is what I have done as of now.

Looks really good

Good work.

Real nice work! Its looking good already can't wait to see it finished

Try using large blocks of quarried red sandstone. That was pretty common in that area. The Chancellor house had the same foundation and that is not too far away.

What is left of the Wilderness tavern.

Note the reddish cast with a little gray.

Thank you for the picture and information. I am going to go with this type of foundation for the McCoull house. Hope it comes out looking fairly decent.