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‘Both sides were cheering, jumping up and throwing up hats and doing everything which tended to show enthusiasm’

“During the afternoon we and the enemy were very near together, with the Rappahannock River only between us, but no fighting going on. Just before sundown the Yankee band came down to the river bank and commenced to play. Very soon our bands were on the bank on our side.”… Read More ‘Both sides were cheering, jumping up and throwing up hats and doing everything which tended to show enthusiasm’

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The Angel of Marye’s Heights: Confirmation of the story of Richard Kirkland

In the decades after the Civil War, a hopeful story spread abroad of a Confederate soldier who risked his life to bring water to suffering enemies on the battlefield of Fredericksburg, Va., on the night of 13 December 1862. The legend of the “Angel of Marye’s Heights” has generated skepticism over the years, in part… Read More The Angel of Marye’s Heights: Confirmation of the story of Richard Kirkland

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