Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg
by John M Bailey
Title
Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg
Artist
John M Bailey
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Photograph - Photograph
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This is the sunken road and a re-creation of the rock wall used by the confederates to defeat the Union Army at the Battle of Fredricksberg in 1862. The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11�15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside, as part of the American Civil War. The Union Army's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city are remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the war, with Union casualties more than three times as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates. Throughout December 13, 1862, nearly 30,000 Union Soldiers marched towards Marye�s Heights that day. More than 10,000 Confederate Soldiers lined the road and the heights above. Confederates utilized the Stone Wall along the road for cover.
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September 4th, 2013
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William Beuther
Interesting photo, John! I remember visiting this spot and being overwhelmed by a sense of history. LF