Selected Civil War Era Maps of Fredericksburg
Our town around the time Whitman came here to look for his brother George, in late 1862.
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Our town around the time Whitman came here to look for his brother George, in late 1862.
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Matt on 26 Jun 2009 at 12:26 pm #
What a great resource, Brady! Excellent stuff.
Mara on 30 Jun 2009 at 10:01 am #
These are GREAT, Brady! Jim, we will definitely want this slide show of Brady’s on our course blog.
I went to the Fredericksburg Cultural Museum yesterday- the old bank building across from Hyperion. They have a small interesting display about civilian life in the Civil War that we might make extra credit or something– a list of Fred sites like the museum, the slave auction block, etc.??
I learned several new things: that Fred’s population prior to the war was about 9% free blacks (surprisingly high; as you probably know, among other places they lived in the area Libertytown); that as many as 10,000 slaves from Fred and surrounding counties (Spotsy, Stafford, Caroline) crossed the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg to reach the Union Army and freedom; that about 2000 of the 5000-6000 people living in Fred during the 1862 battle fled town as refugees for awhile.
Jim on 02 Jul 2009 at 4:27 am #
I agree, this is quite cool. Should I use one of these for part of the header image of the course site?
Brady Earnhart on 03 Jul 2009 at 10:14 am #
I like the one you’re already using, but if you like something better here sure.
Fredericksburg Area Apartments on 22 Oct 2011 at 11:11 am #
In San Antonio, there are many apartments off Fredericksburg Road from which to choose, that are also, and conveniently, in close proximity to the Medical Center.