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America's Battleground
In 1863 and 1864, the Civil War roared to its bloody climax here in the fields and forests west of Fredericksburg. The war's increasing violence reflected its immense stakes. Radically different visions of nation and freedom teetered in the balance as armies waged bloody combat here, on America's Battleground.
"Nothing in history equals this contest. Desperate, long, and deadly, it still goes on... I cannot tell you any of the particulars. You could not understand it. I do not understand it myself."
-- William Taylor, 110th Pennsylvania, May 17, 1864 |