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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4DH_civil-war-defenses_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In December of 1862, with a Federal attack imminent, General Robert E. Lee deployed his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia along a series of hills around the town of Fredericksburg. Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox and his Alabama brigade too…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37J_auction-block_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Fredericksburg's Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31S_pontoon-bridge-site_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Federals crossed here onPontoon Bridge,Dec 12-13, 1862
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31R_fredericksburg-campaign_Fredericksburg-VA.html
December 11, 1862. The peacetime bridges having been destroyed, engineers of Burnside's Federal Army began laying pontoons across the Rappahannock. Here, overlooking the upper pontoon site, Confederates of Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade, sheltere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31O_7th-michigan-volunteer-infantry_Fredericksburg-VA.html
"Dark rolled the Rappahannock's flood,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan, my Michigan;The tide was crimsoned with thy blood,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan, my Michigan;Although for us the day was lost,Yet it shall be our proudest boast,At Fredericksburg o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2XR_here-fredericksburg-began_Fredericksburg-VA.html
the Lease LandJohn Buckner and Thomas RoystonFirst SettlersMay 2nd 1671 ? ? ? A.P.V.A
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U9_irish-brigade_Fredericksburg-VA.html
2nd Brigade, 1st Div., II CorpsArmy of the PotomacWhile posted here in the early morning of Dec. 13, 1862, the men of the Irish Brigade placed sprigs of boxwood in their caps in honor of their Irish heritage. Later in the day, they took part in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U7_the-sentry-box_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late~Georgian~style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental Army, later mayor of Fredericksburg, built the house and named it to reflect his military career. Weedon's wife, Cath…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U6_fall-hill_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On the heights one mile to the west, the home of the Thorntons from about 1736. Francis Thornton 2nd was a Justice, a Burgess 1744-45, and Lieut.-Colonel of his Majesty's militia for Spotsylvania County. He and two of his brothers married three Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LY_battle-of-fredericksburg_Fredericksburg-VA.html
December 13, 1862 the Confederates under Lee defeated the Federals under Burnside in a sanguinary conflict marked by extraordinary bravery on both sides. In a series of gallant charges the Federal army sustained heavy losses and Burnside was force…