We have been wanting to make it down to the battlefields around Fredricksburg for some time and today is the day. The drive down was uneventful -no big tie ups. We went to the Fredriskburg Battlefield visitor center, saw the overview movie and then walked along the trail. The trail parallels the wall the Confederates were behind as the Union troops walked into the cannon and musket fire - just amazing. There is a large National cemetery just over the ridge behind the wall. Of course, all the houses cover up the slope that the Union troops walked up and died on. But still, one's imagination can help see the carnage.
We had lunch and drove down to the Spotsylvania battlefield. This is a driving tour though one can walk it if you have enough time. We only had 90 min or 2 hours so we drove. There are signs at the key points. The description of the Bloody Angle in the Shara book was running through my head as we walked over the land where that battle took place. Such a concentration of killing in one spot! The last picture below is what is left of the earthworks from the Confederate lines in the bulge that the Union eventually overran.
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