Fredericksburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States. The population was 27,982 at the 2020 census. It is 42 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 53 miles north of Richmond. Fredericksburg
Historic Downtown Fredericksburg
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Fredericksburg, Virginia, March 1863. View from across the Rappahannock River. To the right is the steeple of Fredericksburg Baptist Church, and toward the center is the tower of St. George's Church. To the left are two mill buildings in the manufacturing district.
Union army soldiers of Army of the Potomac's VI Corps in trenches before storming Marye's Heights at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg during the Chancellorsville campaign, May 1863
The Second Battle of Fredericksburg, also known as the Second Battle of Marye's Heights, took place on May 3, 1863, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of the America
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…era. It was halfway between the capitals of the opposing forces during the American Civil War, and was the site of the Battle of Fredericksburg and Second Battle of Fredericksburg. These battles are preserved, in part, as the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. More than 10,000 African Americans in the region…
Here is the only known instance in which the Union photographers succeeded in getting a near view of the Confederate troops. Number 111-B-438 by Captain Andrew J. Russell, Fredericksburg from the ruined Rappahannock Railroad Bridge, late April 1863; photo shows the other bank of Rappahannock ; Confederate officers and troops are shown gathered on the bank. This photo was taken at a distance of one mile.
Number 111-B-157.by Captain Andrew J. Russell-Union Troops before Fredericksburg May 1863
111-B-514. By Captain Andrew J Russell. Confederate dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 3, 1863-the 6th Maine penetrated the CS Lines at this point
General Haupt and W. Wright, Superintendent of the Military Railroad survey a Confederate Artillery Battery caisson on Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia that was wrecked by Union artillery fire May 5, 1863. This was of the Washington Artillery of eight artillery pieces, six guns were surrounded under command of Capt Squires and Lt Owen