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The House Along the Sunken Road
Many of you may have noticed the small white house in the picture on our Facebook page. The picture is, of course, the famous Sunken Road at Fredericksburg. You may be wondering about the small white wooden house that sits … Continue reading
More Scenes from the Sunken Road
Sunday, December 9 started quiet and foggy in Fredericksburg. As I looked across the Slaughter Pen Farm, I could imagine the morning of December 13, 1862, as the men of John Reynolds’ First Corps looked across that same ground, through … Continue reading
Scenes from the Sunken Road
I had a pretty limited perspective of the many events going on in Fredericksburg yesterday because I spent the day working along the Sunken Road and the Stone Wall (which is one of my favorite places to interpret, so I … Continue reading
Window to the Past
This shot through the window of the Innis house isn’t spectacular, but I like the way you can see the window, the battle scars, and the reflection of the stone wall all in one shot. See more photography from Kathleen … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Photography, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Battle of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Innis House, linkedin, Logothetis-Photos, Photography, Sunken Road
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Why Do We Remember What We Remember? Richard Kirkland as the “Angel of Marye’s Heights”
Fredericksburg is a largely unmonumented battlefield. The most prominent monument on the southern end of the field is the “Meade pyramid” largely inaccessible to most visitors; besides that the remains of earthworks stand as a testament to what once occurred … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 2nd South Carolina, Antietam, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Fredericksburg, Collateral Descendents of Richard Kirkland, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Joseph Kershaw, Kirkland Monument, linkedin, Marye's Heights, Meade Pyramid, Memory, monuments, National Civil War Museum, Richard Kirkland, Richard Rowland Kirkland Memorial Foundation, South Carolina, Sunken Road, Virginia
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Antietam—Phase Two: The Sunken Road
The Sunken Road
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Photography
Tagged Antietam, Bloody Lane, Sunken Road
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Orange flowers and amber waves: Fredericksburg photographed
Kris and I are wrapping up work on a writing project that focuses on the Battle of Fredericksburg. The project is scheduled for release just prior to the sesquicentennial anniversary in December. As I sorted through the photos I took … Continue reading
Jonesin’ for a Civil War battlefield fix
I have a confession: It’s been almost two months since I’ve been on a Civil War battlefield, and I am getting antsy My travels this summer have taken me far and wide, so I’ve seen a lot of cool stuff: … Continue reading
Looking to the Past for Answers
For the past few weeks, I have been working on a passion project and have been out of the blogging world. As I was researching and writing, I’ve been keeping up with the comings and goings of the real world … Continue reading
