Standing in front of a group of twenty people assembled on folding chairs in a large green-and-white striped tent, Robert E. Lee today reminded me, “It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.” His speech came midway through a muddy Saturday of living history that celebrated the sights and sounds of one of the worst days of fighting ever on American soil-the 142nd anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg. I joined my friend Andrew, and his former college roommate Ben, for the latest stop on his Civil War battlefield tour. (Proving that I not only have dorky friends but indeed work with more dorks, one of my co-workers was at the reenactment today as well.)
Fredericksburg was the site of a terrible battle in 1862 where General Ambrose Burnside had attempted to cross the Rappahannock River, and
I don’t have my pics from this weekend up yet, but I did put together my past photos from Chatham, the Michigan Monument on Sophia St., and last year’s reenactment.
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Nice photos. I was one of the union reenactors – in fact I am the sgt on the rightmost end of the union line(white hair). The union side was comprised of several units form the greater Wash DC area including 3rd US, 2nd RI and 16th Mich as well as the 28th Mass.
On Sunday we also paricipated in a park service event (which , with the nice weather had several hundred spectators) which traced the route of the Irish Bde 142 years ago as they attacked Maryes hts.
Kevin Kelley