Phil Andrade
London
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December 12, 1862
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These were Barksdale's Mississippians, if I'm correct, laying down this murderous fire on those bridge engineers. I wonder if the southern press had much to say about this prelude to one of the war's most dramatic and tragic battles. Like the other two " burg" battles in the East - Sharpsburg and Gettysburg - this was a panoramic affair.
I last visited Fredericksburg about thirty years ago, and had a sense of the wistful beauty of the place. Maybe that's because I knew what had happened there, rather than because of its innate situation and lay out.
Regards, Phil
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"Egad, sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox!"
"That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."
Earl of Sandwich and John Wilkes
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