The Battle of Fredericksburg 150th Anniversary
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VIDEO: 'A Nation Remembers: The Battle of Fredericksburg'
http://youtu.be/AQZaSVaXU4I Just released: National Park Service video of Dec. 9 public procession from the Rappahannock River through the streets of Fredericksburg, following in soldiers' footstep...Fredericksburg 150th programs continue through Sunday
It was at Belvoir that Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson spent the last happy week of his life, with his wife, Anna, and their 5-month-old daughter Julia. The plantation house is gone, b...21 Objects: N.Y. Times on Fredericksburg's Civil War Past
Stafford County resident Norman Schools, author of "Virginia Shade," holds some of the artifacts he's found in and around the Moncure Conway House in Falmouth, Va. Many are from the Harvard Regiment,...Battle of Fredericksburg’s lessons reverberate today
BY ED JONES THE FREE LANCE-STAR IT’S A LONG WAY from front-line duty. But the awesome re-creation of the Battle of Fredericksburg last weekend gave me a fleeting sense of what war in our streets ...‘Tell My Pa I Died Right’
BY KEVIN KIRKLAND FOR THE FREE LANCE–STAR Sgt. Richard Kirkland’s family had deep roots in Scotland, Virginia, South Carolina and American history. Arriving in Fauquier County in the mid-1700s,...Experts battle over story of Marye's Heights 'Angel'
TALE OF SGT. RICHARD KIRKLAND’S MERCY QUESTIONED BY KEVIN KIRKLAND FOR THE FREE LANCE–STAR As wave after wave of blue-coated Yankees fell before Confederate fire 150 years ago this week, then lay...Looking at the Battle 'Just a Little Bit Differently'
Carnations cover the Stone Wall at the base of Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The flowers were placed by participants in Sunday's Crossing Hallowed Ground ...VIDEO: Irish TV Covers Fredericksburg 150th
It's only natural, given what the Irish Brigade sacrificed in the Battle of Fredericksburg 150 years ago. The Irish Embassy sent its ambassadorial representative. The Irish Defense Forces sent an h...Dec. 11-15: Fredericksburg 150th Calendar
MORE: CLICK HERE for complete, continuing coverage of the anniversary events, including pictures, videos and more. Commemoration of the Battle of Fredericksburg’s 150th anniversary continues Nat...John Hennessy: Letting history be complicated
Fredericksburg buildings after artillery exchange during December 1862 battle. (SNEDEN COLLECTION/VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY) Normally, I wouldn't cross post an entire entry from someone else...Homage is paid to Irish Brigade
BY CLINT SCHEMMER AND KATIE THISDELL It wasn’t the main event, but Sunday’s commemoration of the Battle of Fredericksburg began with a moving nod to the valor of one of its most famed participants...Fredericksburg, a city plundered
With fascination, not fear, Civil War battle is relived BY CLINT SCHEMMER THE FREE LANCE-STAR Anyone who was unaware that something unusual was happening in Fredericksburg yesterday afternoon mus...Crossing Hallowed Ground
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MORE: For complete, continuing coverage from the Battle of Fredericksburg anniversary events, click here. On a misty Sunday afternoon, families, history lovers and the Irish gathered at City Dock...Following Fred150 on Facebook?
There are plenty more photographs, -- plus updates, news items and blog posts -- about the Battle of Fredericksburg's 150th anniversary linked via Past is Prologue on Facebook. Also, news and items...This Week in the Civil War: Battle for Fredericksburg
Confederate soldiers rake the field over which Union troops charged six times, from behind the stone walll at the Sunken Road in the bloody Battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. On Dec. 11, 1...FRED150 EVENTS SCHEDULE
Dawn illuminates the bullet-pocked Innis House and the Stone Wall in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. (BUDDY SECOR) SUNDAY, DEC. 9 All day: Virginia Civil War HistoryMobi...‘It’s a monumental occasion’
Union re-enactors attack Trench Hill on Saturday as hundreds of Confederate troops fire on them during the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg. (ROBERT A. MARTIN/THE FREE LANCE–STAR) S...CIVIL WAR 150: Sesquicentennial highlights
SUNDAY, DEC. 9 All-day: Living history at Chatham: medicine, civilians, music and headquarters. Hourly tours of the Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights, until 2 p.m. The battle-damaged Innis House open...Videos: Battle of Fredericksburg re-enactment rolls through downtown
Re-enactors and spectators filled the streets of Fredericksburg today to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg. http://youtu.be/O2wfc70IXts http://youtu.be/ihETr1V1DGU ht...Battle re-enactors and spectators fill city streets
By KATIE THISDELL As the Yankees were marching into downtown Fredericksburg, a few stopped at a road barricade on the corner of Frederick and Sophia streets to empty their boots, full of water from...Video: Fire on the Rappahannock
Events for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg are continuing downtown all weekend. Here's a video clip from Saturday's re-enactment. ...Civil War Trust rolls out apps for battle immersion
Chatham Manor in southern Stafford County, overlooking the church-steepled skyline of the city's Historic District, is one of the many Civil War sites in the Civil War Trust's new Fredericksburg 360 ...Virginia Guard helps Union re-enactors cross river, this time around
At Little Falls Run boat ramp on the Rappahannock River Virginia Army National Guard engineers provide the latest in military bridging technology Friday in support of Civil War re-enactors. (TOM ROTH...Special series: Behind the Lines
This anecdotal narrative tells the in-depth story of the 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg—the action, the major players, the behind-the-scenes intrigue and the effect on the town. Produced by Donald C. Pfanz, staff historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
