Fredericksburg and neighbouring Spotsylvania hosted four bloody battles during the Civil War (I lectured mummy about using the word 'bloody' because it is a bad word but she said it was alright in this context - I'm not sure what context means)
We visited the sunken road where the Confederates held of the Union forces from behind a stone wall - giving Stonewall Jackson the celebrated Confederate leader his nickname.
Thousands of Union Soldiers died in the battle of Fredericksburg and none got as close to the stone wall as me! |