December 11, 1862 (continued)
Title
December 11, 1862 (continued)
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1862-12-11 (continued)
Contributor
Stewart, James
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Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961.
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(11th Thursday (continued))
Soon after we started in the morning we heard heavy firing (supposed to be the shelling of Fredericksburg) which continued all day. It was very heavy and rapid some times. We arrived on the banks of the Rappahannock about two miles below Fredericksburg and near Falmouth about three o’clock PM. There is a battery right along the banks of the river and we lay just back of it. We rested a while and was then ordered to fall in and corss the river we marched down to the banks but there was so many ahead of us that we could not get across so we went back up on the banks where we was and was ordered to rest for the night. We went to the battery and from there we saw the rebel
Soon after we started in the morning we heard heavy firing (supposed to be the shelling of Fredericksburg) which continued all day. It was very heavy and rapid some times. We arrived on the banks of the Rappahannock about two miles below Fredericksburg and near Falmouth about three o’clock PM. There is a battery right along the banks of the river and we lay just back of it. We rested a while and was then ordered to fall in and corss the river we marched down to the banks but there was so many ahead of us that we could not get across so we went back up on the banks where we was and was ordered to rest for the night. We went to the battery and from there we saw the rebel
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Gordon, Stephen , “December 11, 1862 (continued),” Gordon Diaries, accessed October 3, 2024, http://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/3958.