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8-30 Battle of Fredericksburg
8-30 Battle of Fredericksburg
agrimace


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro
Location: Fredericksburg
Date: Feb 7, 2007
Galleries: Cityscape, History
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2007

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Comments: 8
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 The Union Civil War soldiers buried here include those who died of illness in the camps around Fredericksburg, in the four major battles around Fredericksburg as well the Mine Run and North Anna campaigns. Of the 15,243 Civil War soldiers resting here, only 2,473 are in identified graves. Identified soldiers occupy a single grave marked by a rounded tombstone on which are inscribed the soldier's name and state. You will see small stones which mark the graves of the unknown. On the stones are two sets of numbers: the top number identifies the grave plot; the lower one identifies the number of bodies in that grave. Commanding the center of the cemetery, this monument commemorates the charge of General Andrew A. Humphreys' Division of Pennsylvania Infantry, Fifth Corps, on December 13, 1862. This was the last and most nearly successful of several attacks directed toward Marye's Heights and the Confederate defenses. Surging forward at dusk, Humphreys' men got within 100 yards of this ridge before being driven back by the fire of Confederate riflemen located in the Sunken Road. In 1908 the State of Pennsylvania erected this monument to honor the more than one thousand soldiers of Humphreys' division who were casualties in that attack.
//www.nps.gov/frsp/natcem.htm

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 02/09/2007 05:48:33 PM
very good.
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 02/09/2007 12:27:44 PM
I love national cemeteries. I plan on using some from ours too, but I don't think any I could take would be as great as this one. I love the browns and that deep blue sky. It looks very old and historic!

Beautiful job of processing a very noble photo!

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 02/08/2007 10:58:31 PM
Nice shot
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 02/08/2007 09:30:44 PM
Very nice photo and good history as well.
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 02/08/2007 08:56:06 PM
Very nice with the touch of snow and the deep blue sky!
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 02/08/2007 06:30:58 PM
Thanks for sharing the history and a beautiful photo !
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 02/08/2007 06:17:27 PM
really nice, but I wish the statue centered in the frame. I really like how you got the deep blue sky.
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 02/08/2007 06:00:13 PM
Very interesting piece of history. I appreciate you sharing it with us.
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