Battle of Fredericksburg 150th Weekend Events
National Park Service and the Battle of Fredericksburg Commemoration Committee weekend events for the Battle of Fredericksburg Sesquicentennial.
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This information was provided by the National Park Service. For additional details, see their website. Saturday, December 8 |
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8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
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Fire in the Streets |
Rappahannock Regional Library |
Walk the city blocks where Union and Confederate soldiers fought for control of the town |
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9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Civil War HistoryMobile |
Chatham |
Come learn about the Civil War in Virginia through the Commonwealth’s moving museum, the HistoryMobile |
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10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Children’s Muster |
Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center |
Kids can try on soldier uniforms and drill with wooden muskets while earning Civil War trading cards |
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10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Protecting Jackson’s Left |
South Lee Drive, Fredericksburg Battlefield |
Stroll the area around Mannsfield’s slave cabins, a Confederate artillery position that anchored the left end of Stonewall Jackson’s line |
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1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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Across the Bloody Plain |
Hurkamp Park at Prince Edward and George Streets |
Follow in the steps of Union soldiers as they advanced toward Marye’s Heights and, for many, their deaths |
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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The Dreaded Heights |
Hanover Street and Sunken Road |
Take a walk along Marye’s Heights, the strongest position Robert E. Lee ever held |
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Additional events are being sponsored by the Battle of Fredericksburg Commemoration Committee. See their website for a complete list.
Visit Battle of Fredericksburg 150th for Fredericksburg Patch's assemblage of information about and coverage of the week's events.
Charlie Herbek
6:39 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
If you are not here you should drop what you are doing and come here. The battle is raging