Category Archives: Battle of Fredericksburg

Pressure pointed

Posted on November 30, 2012 by SUMPTER

Counting the reasons not to go into winter quarters 150 years ago this week citizens in Richmond could read this recap of the New York Herald’s case for immediate attacks by the federal armies. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December … Continue reading →

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Enemy Campfires Increasing

Posted on November 26, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: From Gen. Burnside’s Army. FALMOUTH, Va. Nov. 26. It is expected the railroad will be finished to-morrow from Acquia Creek to the Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburg. The bridge over Potomac Creek was … Continue reading →

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“visited by this fiendish invasion”

Posted on November 24, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today the Richmond Daily Dispatch reported on Union General Burnside’s demand that Fredericksburg, Virginia surrender or else risk being bombed. The Dispatch report stated that the Yankees lobbed a few shells toward the railroad depot where a … Continue reading →

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