Sesquicentennial: The Battle of Fredericksburg

Research by Mount Auburn Volunteers Bill McEvoy and Rosemarie Smurzynski Photos by Bill McEvoy The Battle of Fredericksburg, VA was fought on December 11 – 15, 1862. On December 11th Union engineers laid five pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock; on the … Continue reading
Sesquicentennial: The Battle of Williamsburg
This is the first post in a series dedicated to commemorating those who fought in the Civil War. In a letter home following the Battle of Williamsburg, a soldier wrote of the dead: “…they paved the earth” (Faust 58). Among the bloodiest … Continue reading