BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Fredericksburg Natl Battlefield -- Jackson's Front

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1. FREDJF_080301_002.JPG: Fredericksburg Campaign (old-style NPS sign): December 13, 1862., Watching the battle from the crest of this hill, Confederate commander R.E. Lee remarked: "It is well that war is so terrible -- we should grow too fond of it!" In no battle were the Confederates more fortunately located. Starting at a bluff above the river dam, two miles north, Longstreet's Corps occupied a ridge made impregnable in front of a deep canal and swamps. Then came Marye's Heights, almost as strong. Next, here at Lee's Hill, began a curving line of high ground that stretched southward five miles to a bend in the Richmond railroad. The far right, the most vulnerable area on the field, was held by the massed brigades of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson's Corps.
2. FREDJF_080301_005.JPG: Lee's Hill
3. FREDJF_080301_009.JPG: View from Lee's Hill
4. FREDJF_080301_034.JPG: Lee's Hill
5. FREDJF_080301_050.JPG: Marker: Lee's Hill Battle of Fredericksburg Dec 12-18, 1862
6. FREDJF_080301_052.JPG: Massive Parrott gun
7. FREDJF_080301_074.JPG: Howison Hill
8. FREDJF_080301_129.JPG: Bernard's Cabins Trail: This mile-long trail leads to the site of Bernard's Cabins. On the eve of the Civil War, these cabins (now gone) were home to as many as thirty-five slaves. During the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Confederates turned the terrain surrounding the cabins into an important artillery position -- the focal point of violent combat between duelling cannons. The trail surface is dirt and can become quite boggy in wet weather. It includes several slight grades (exceeding 5% slope). By bypassing the loop and returning the way you came, you can avoid the most severe grades.
9. FREDJF_080301_132.JPG: Picture showing the Slaughter Pen fighting. Sign is "Union Breakthrough".
10. FREDJF_080301_143.JPG: The area where George Meade's troops actually made it to Jackson's lines before being pushed back.
11. FREDJF_080301_162.JPG: Southern Memorial
12. FREDJF_080301_225.JPG: View toward Prospect Hill from the Southern Memorial
13. FREDJF_080301_230.JPG: Prospect Hill. Notice the Southern Memorial in the distance.
14. FREDJF_080301_236.JPG: Fredericksburg Campaign: (old-style NPS sign): December 13, 1862. In these gunpits stood 14 cannon of Walker's Artillery Battalion, guarding the right of the Confederate line. While the youthful Maj. John Pelham's light and mobile horse artillery, about a mile to the front, daringly challenged the first Federal advance, these guns remained silent and concealed. In the next attacks, about 11am, and 1pm, they cut great swaths in the Federal ranks, weakening Meade's Division before it came to grips with Confederate infantry.
15. FREDJF_080301_238.JPG: Fredericksburg Campaign: (old-style NPS sign): December 13, 1862. "Lee's War Horse" Longstreet easily beat off repeated attacks against Marye's Heights to the northward. Meanwhile, here in the Hamilton's Crossing sector, "Stonewall" Jackson had more trouble, but his defense in depth saved the day. The gallant thrust by Reynolds' Corps failed because Union commanding general Burnside at the last minute ordered a small effort, thought his officers had counseled a major attack. Lack of immediate and heavy support plus the resilience of the Confederates ruined Federal chances.
16. FREDJF_080301_267.JPG: Marker: Jackson on the field Dec. 12-13, 1862
17. FREDJF_080301_281.JPG: For some reason, the battlefields at Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and the Wilderness all use this compass motif. I don't remember seeing it at other battlefield parks.
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2008 photos: Equipment this year: I was using three cameras -- the Fuji S9000 and the Canon Rebel Xti from last year, and a new camera, the Fuji S100fs. The first two cameras had their pluses and minuses and I really didn't have a single camera that I thought I could use for just about everything. But I loved the S100fs and used it almost exclusively this year. Trips this year: (1) Civil War Preservation Trust annual conference in Springfield, Missouri , (2) a week in New York, (3) a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con, (4) a driving trip to St. Louis, and (5) a visit to dad and Dixie's in Asheville, North Carolina. Ego strokes: A picture I'd taken last year during a Friends of the Homeless event was published in USA Today with a photo credit and everything! I became a volunteer photographer with the AFI/Silver theater. Number of photos taken this year: 330,000.
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