. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . Next be-low Taylors is Maryes Hill, rising to half the elevationof the neighboring heights and dropping back, leaving aplateau of half a mile, and then swelling to the usualaltitude of the range. On the plateau is the Marye man-sion. Along its base is a sunken road, with retainingwalls on either side. That on the east is just breast-highfor a man, and just the height convenient for infantrydefence and fire. From the top of the breast-work theground recedes gradually till near the canal, when it dropsoff three or four feet, l
. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . Next be-low Taylors is Maryes Hill, rising to half the elevationof the neighboring heights and dropping back, leaving aplateau of half a mile, and then swelling to the usualaltitude of the range. On the plateau is the Marye man-sion. Along its base is a sunken road, with retainingwalls on either side. That on the east is just breast-highfor a man, and just the height convenient for infantrydefence and fire. From the top of the breast-work theground recedes gradually till near the canal, when it dropsoff three or four feet, leaving space near the canal of arod or two of level ground. The north end of the sunkenroad cuts into the plank or Gordonsville road, which isan extension of Hanover Street from near the heart ofthe town. At the south end it enters the Telegraph road,extending out from the town limits and up over the third,or Telegraph Hill, called, in its bloody baptismal, LeesHill. An unfinished railroad lies along the Telegraphroad as far as the highlands. The Fredericksburg and. jTcdeTalsConfederaies 1 i I BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. 299 Potomac Railroad lies nearly parallel with the riverfour miles, and then turns south through the old stage road from the city runs about half-way be-tween the river and the railroad four miles, when it turnssouthwest and crosses the railroad at Hamiltons Crossino;.The hamlet of Falmouth, on the north side of the river,was in front of the right centre of the Federal position,half a mile from Fredericksburg. General Jackson, advised of General Burnsides moveto Fredericksburg, drew his corps east of the Blue E-idgeas far as Orange Court-House. Before the end of November it became evident thatFredericksburg was to be our winter station and the sceneof a severe battle before it could be relieved. GeneralLee advised the citizens who still remained in the place(and some who had returned) to remove their who had friends found comfortable p
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