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Union Action at the Poor House
On the day of the Union attack against Marye’s Heights, two batteries of Union artillery supported these attacks from lower Fredericksburg. They were Lieutenant George Dickinson’s Battery E, 4th US Light Artillery and Captain Charles A. Phillips 5th Massachusetts Light … Continue reading
Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery – Part 3
This is a short post. While I was researching my next several topics, I came across a reference to one of the Confederate soldiers highlighted in my last post (click here). I was paging through William Owen’s book on the … Continue reading
Donaldsonville Artillery (part 2)
This is the second of two articles devoted to the Donaldsonville Artillery Battery. Previously, I wrote about the unit itself and the part it played in the Battle of Fredericksburg (here). In this post, I shift my focus to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 pound Parrott rifle, 126th Pennsylvania Regiment, 34th New York Regiment, 82nd New Your Regiment, 91st Pennsylvania Regiment, Battle of Fredericksburg, Captain Latrobe, Captain Victor Maurin, Donaldsonville Atrillery Battery, General AA Humphreys, General OO Howard, Lieutenant Prosper Landry, Sulleys' Brigade, Tyler's Brigade
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Donaldsonville Artillery (part 1)
The Donaldsonville Artillery Battery of Louisiana was formed on August 8, 1837. It was mustered into Confederate service in August 1861. Captain Victor Auguste Maurin was the battery commander. The battery participated in most of the engagements of the Army … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 pound Parrott rifle, Battle of Fredericksburg, City of Fredericksburg, Confederate Artillery, Donaldsonviller artillery battery, General Lee, General Longstreet, Mary Washington University, Michler Map, Michler-Weyss survey, Prosper Landry, Victor Maurin
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Washington Artillery (part 4)
Miller’s Battery Merritt B. (Buck) Miller and the 3rd Company of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans are probably best remembered for an incident associated with the Antietam Campaign. During the Union attack on the center of that battlefield at … Continue reading
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Tagged AJ Russell, American Civil War, Battle of Fredericksburg, Bloody Lane, Confederate Artillery, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, General Longstreet, Marye's Heights, Miller's Battery, National Park Service, Washington Artillery, Willis Hill
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