• Being an Army of the Potomac guy most especially, I often fail to think or read very long about the perspective from “the other side.” So, as [...]

  Fredericksburg: A Field upon which a Chicken could not Live

  December 15, 2012
• Yesterday, on the actual sesquicentennial date of the Battle of Fredericksburg, I wrote about the attack of the 132nd PA upon Marye’s Heights. [...]

  LOST COLORS of the 132nd PA RECOVERED

  December 14, 2012
• A Personal Account of Frederick Hitchcock of the 132nd PA Regiment – 150 Years Ago Today A favorite story I tell guests at Antietam (when [...]

  The Attack of the 132nd PA upon Marye’s Heights

  December 13, 2012
• One of the major characters at the Battle of Antietam is Clara Barton. It was here that she really made a mark that causing her to become [...]

  A Fredericksburg Letter from Clara Barton

  December 12, 2012

• December 11-15, 1862 – Fredericksburg, VA The huge Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg deserves so much more attention than I will be able [...]

  Battle of Fredericksburg – 150 Years Ago

  December 11, 2012
• Following up on yesterday’s posts about the pontoon bridges that were such a part of the crossing of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, [...]

  Another Description of the Fredericksburg Pontoon Crossing

  December 10, 2012
• We are approaching the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Fredericksburg (and a series of Enfilading Lines posts about it!). And whenever I think [...]

  Pontoon Bridges – Simply Ingenious

  December 9, 2012