Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate ... Burnside's plan was to cross the river quickly at Fredericksburg, Virginia, surprising General Robert E.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — A 175-year-old home for sale in Fredericksburg features Greek Revival style and unique history. A Civil War cannonball is still lodged in an upstairs wall. In total ...

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park manages four major Civil War battlefields and five historic structures including the "Stonewall" Jackson Death Site spread across multiple ...

Gettysburg and Fredericksburg). 2. Troop Through Virginia's Civil War Trails Civil War enthusiasts should be heartened that the state of Virginia is developing four special driving itineraries ...

Robert's Fredericksburg epitaph seems to have been ... seven of whom were to serve in Confederate gray during the Civil War. Four of John Mercer Patton's nine sons attended the Virginia Military ...

and Fredericksburg, Virginia. There was scarcely a family in the South that did not lose a son or brother or father. As with any civil strife, the war was marked by excruciating ironies.

The Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet on Tuesday evening, May 7, at the PA Military Museum auditorium, 51 Boal Avenue, in Boalsburg, beginning at 7 p.m. The featured speaker will be Dr. Chris ...

This time of year, when bumblebees are abuzz and sweet fragrances are in the air, the gardens of Chatham Manor are bursting ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to ... Frank Vizetelly was nearly killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862, when a “South Carolinian had a portion of ...

A roundup of Fredericksburg-area community meetings and events.

The Lindig family’s spring break vacation in March was a 695-mile trip down the Mississippi on a small cruise ship. Allison ...