. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FLAMING HEIGHTS This photograph from the Fredericksburg ri\er-iDank recalls a terrible scene. On those memorable days of December 11 and 12, 18G2,from these very trenches shown in the foreground, the ragged gray riflemen saw on that hillside across the river the blue of the uni-forms of the massed Federal troops. The lines of tents made great white spaces, but the ground could hardly be seen for the hostof men who were waiting, alas! to die by thousands on this coveted shore. From these hills, too, burst an incessant flaming an
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE FLAMING HEIGHTS This photograph from the Fredericksburg ri\er-iDank recalls a terrible scene. On those memorable days of December 11 and 12, 18G2,from these very trenches shown in the foreground, the ragged gray riflemen saw on that hillside across the river the blue of the uni-forms of the massed Federal troops. The lines of tents made great white spaces, but the ground could hardly be seen for the hostof men who were waiting, alas! to die by thousands on this coveted shore. From these hills, too, burst an incessant flaming and roar-ing cannon fire. Siege-guns and field artillery poured shot and shell into the town of Fredericksburg. Every house became a target,though deserted except for a few hardy and venturesome riflemen. There was scarcely a dwelling that escaped. Ruined and batteredand bloody, Fredericksburg three times was a Federal Iiospital, and its became little cemeteries. - « &. .^ L ^i^i ■s*—J^™d jHBpF% TT^^ \: W^ ■•-^■:?^ mi A TARGET AT FR
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