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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDX6_battle-of-fredericksburg_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In November 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led his 115,000-man army southward toward Richmond, the Confederate capital. Delayed by tardy pontoon boats, Burnside was slow to cross the Rappahannock River, which allowed Confederate Gen. Robert …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDX3_battle-of-fredericksburg_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On December 13, 1862, Union and Confederate troops clashed here, on muddy fields dubbed the "Slaughter Pen." Union Gen. William B. Franklin had 65,000 troops, but employed only two divisions, numbering 8,000 men, under Generals George G. Meade and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCZ8_hartwood-presbyterian-church_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This is Hartwood Presbyterian Church, which Federal troops occupied during the Civil War. They removed and burned all the woodwork, leaving only the bare plaster walls. On November 24, 1862, Capt. George Johnson, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, arrived …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCP9_the-winter-line_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The months following the Battle of Fredericksburg brought a temporary halt to the fighting in Virginia, but not to the digging. Throughout the winter of 1862-1863 Confederate troops constructed nearly thirty miles of earthworks along the south ban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCP8_the-gallant-pelham_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Young, handsome, and modest, Major John Pelham was one of the most popular men in the Confederate army. He was also one of its premier artillerists. Time and again the twenty-four-year-old officer had engaged the enemy at close quarters, earning t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCP7_confederate-earthworks_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Twisting through the woods one hundred yards ahead of you are two well-preserved lines of earthworks constructed by Confederate forces in the winter of 1862-1863. General Robert E. Lee had ordered his troops to build the trenches in anticipation o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBNB_fredericksburg-campaign-december-1862_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Battle of Fredericksburg began on the morning of December 11, 1862, when Confederate sharpshooters opened fire on Federal engineers building a pontoon bridge by which the Union Army of the Potomac planned to cross the Rappahannock River. Frede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMASH_the-rise-fall-of-the-rappahannock-navigation-system_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Comprised of 47 locks, 20 dams, and 15 miles of canals, the Rappahannock Navigation System struggled from its beginnings. After suffering numerous construction delays due to financial problems, the heyday of canal commerce on the Rappahannock was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMASD_fraternizing-at-the-ford_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Rappahannock River served as a barrier separating the Union and Confederate Armies during the winter of 1862-63. Places where the water level, the river bottom, and the steepness of the banks were favorable for crossings were known as "fords."…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9DZ_the-civil-war-at-ferry-farm_Fredericksburg-VA.html
George Washington's Ferry Farm, seen here from the opposite side of the river, was in the middle of the Union lines during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. On December 11th Union engineers began building a pontoon bridge at the ferry…