Battle of Fredericksburg



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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1862/12/00 Union troops use Federal Hall as a field hospital Federal Hill, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/11 Chatham Manor is used as a Union Army Hospital during the Battle of Fredricksburg Chatham Manor, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/11 Union troops build patoon bridge from Ferry Farm to Fredericksburg George Washington's Ferry Farm, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/13 T R R Cobb falls beneath the fury of an exploding shell, the burst striking him down as he stands near the Stephens House, the winter air choked with smoke, snapping bullets and the merciless thunder of the guns. Marye's Heights-Sunken Road Line, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/13 Oliver O Howard leads an attack on a strong Confederate position in the battle of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg Battlefield, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/13 Robert E Lee has breakfast at Braehead Braehead, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/13 Fredericksburg Battlefield, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/13 The Innis House on the Sunken Road stands in the narrow no-man's-land between blue and gray as the Battle of Fredericksburg erupts, its clapboard walls are hammered by musket fire and shell bursts. Damage from the battle can be seen on the structure. Innis House, FXBG, Fredericksburg, VA
1862/12/21 Whitman spends a good part of the day at Chatham camp hospital on the banks of the Rappahannock, recording his thoughts and experiences on scraps of bloodstained paper that he folded over and stuck together with pins. Chatham Manor, Fredericksburg, VA
1863/01/17 Belle Isle Prison in Richmond reopens after the Battle of Fredericksburg, but it will soon close. Belle Isle, Richmond

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