Several homes along Sophia were occupied by the Union Army during the brutal winter of 1862-63. They included ... retired as chief historian at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National ...

Lucas–Green told Hollis that she was descended from enslaved Americans who crossed the Rappahannock River to freedom near the site of the Battle of Fredericksburg. The two had a long and candid ...

22 to Oct. 30, 1862. The 130th was then ordered to Fredericksburg ... Zinn was killed during this battle. My grandfather was discharged in early 1863 due to injury, and returned home to Cleversburg.

The remains of three U.S. soldiers, believed to have died during the first Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862, were formally buried last week in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. Their discovery ...

Over the years, he and others have found nine documented sales of slaves in front of Planter’s Hotel between 1850 and 1862. The most vivid is a ... A little more than half interpret the Battle of ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we delve into the catastrophic Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg. General Burnside’s relentless assaults against Confederate ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (KXAN) — Crews were battling a wildfire just west of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County on Tuesday and officials named it the Reverse Fire. The affected area is estimated ...

On this Memorial Day, let’s recall the sacrifice of Californians who died in a remarkably little-known Civil War event, the Battle of Picacho ... On April 15, 1862, at Picacho Pass, 50 miles ...

The Old Stone House in Park Slope hosted an opening reception on May 2 for its latest site-specific contemporary art installation, “Things Fall Apart: Meena Hasan at the Old Stone House. ” The ...

HARPER, Texas — Crews have fully contained a nearly 80-acre wildfire that began burning near Fredericksburg on Tuesday evening. The fire, named the Reverse Fire, burned near the 400 block of E.