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FromNovember 1862 to June 1863the6th Corpsof theArmy of the Potomacwere encampedin the immediate areaofWhite Oak Church
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Across the road stands White Oak Church, an important Civil War landmark during the winter of 1862-1863. Stafford County Baptist constructed the simple weatherboard structure sometime after 1789, later adding an attached shed with a separate entra…
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With Richmond as his objective, Gen. Ambrose Burnside started the Federal Army of the Potomac from Warrenton on November 15, 1862. Forcing a crossing of the Rappahannock on December 11, he occupied Fredericksburg and the plain south of town along …
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General Lee conferred with some of his officers here at the start of the Chancellorsville Campaign. A few days later, Union soldiers overran Lee's Hill.
Report on the action at Lee's Hill by Colonel Henry Coalter Cabell commanding artillery bat…
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"My army is as much stronger for these new entrenchments as if I had received reinforcements of 20,000 men." - R.E. Lee, Decenber 14, 1862
Preparing BreastworksIn December, 1862, the Confederates had no organized engineer corps. For constructio…
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(Left marker):Here and on hills to the left and right the Confederates developed a powerful concentration of artillery.
Enfilading Fire During the Federal attacks of December 13, 1862, Confederates cannon poured devasting frontal and crossfire …
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General Robert E. Lee used this hill as a command post during the Battle of Fredericksburg. It has borne his name ever since.
Lee's View from HereCivilians viewing this scene might have focused their attention on the picturesque steeples which…
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Battle of FredericksburgDec. 12-13, 1862
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December 13, 1862. Watching the battle from the crest of this hill, Confederate commander R. E. Lee remarked: "It is well that war is so terrible - we should grow too fond of it!" In no battle were the Confederates more fortunately located. Starti…
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About noon ? ? ? ? December 13, 1862Army of Northern VirginiaGeneral Robert E. Lee, CommanderBrigadier General W. N. PendletonChief of Artillery304 guns on the battlefield
Army of the PotomacMajor General A. E. Burnside, CommanderBrigadier Gene…