The Washington Woolen Mill stood about a quarter-mile above the town. When the Civil War began, the mill was completely new and it employed 35 female workers, the largest employer of women in Fredericksburg. During the first Union occupation in the summer of 1862, the Union army turned the ...
In the decades after the Civil War, a hopeful story spread abroad of a Confederate soldier who risked his life to bring water to suffering enemies on the battlefield of Fredericksburg, Va., on the night of 13 December 1862. The legend of the “Angel of Marye’s Heights” has generated ...
Civil War Battle Rises from the Ruins of Old FredericksburgFREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Perhaps the Yankee boys from Company C hadtumbled into the basement on...Ruane, Michael E
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Causes of the War Lee's Drummer Boy Chickamauga Confederate Flags Confederate Navy Cumberland Gap First Battle Bull Run Fredericksburg Galveston Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg Address Ironclad Gunboat Galena Murfreesboro Northern VA Campaign U.S.S. Monitor ...
In 1935, Samuel Whirley made a splash in Fredericksburg, Virginia, newspapers after being on the lam for a year on larceny and false pretense charges. It’s not clear whether this one-armed man was Emma Allen Whirley’s son, but an article noted that he had spent time in Baltimore while...
Jackson rode his new horse into some of the most famous Civil War battles, including Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg, and it was Little Sorrel who carried Jackson on the fateful day in 1863 when friendly fire mortally wounded the General at Chancellorsville. ...
The article discusses an archaeological excavation of various artifacts from Union forces, including Minié balls, buttons, and hat insignias, uncovered by the company Cultural Resources, noting that the remnants ...
Fredericksburg, VA2,968 contributions Great Ship Artifacts, best for History Buffs Oct 2019 Great ironclad artifact and naval vessel models. The historic flags displays are huge and numerous. As other reviewers have stated, not updated. Beyond the artifacts, the main engagement piece is flat text...