Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
The city of Fredericksburg is in a handsome valley on the south side of the Rappahannock River, 56 miles from Washington City, and 62 miles from Richmond, on the line of the great southern rail-road. It is at the head of tide on the river, about 150 miles from its mouth. The Rappahannock is navigable for vessels of 140 tons, to the Falls of the Rappahannock, a short distance above the town… Population in 1830, whites 1,797, slaves 1,124, free blacks 387; total, 3,308. Population in 1840, 3,974. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Note Cards
Events
Date | Type | |
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- | Battle of Fredericksburg | Battles/Soldiers |
In Virginia, defiant Fredericksburg officials surrender their town to Union General Irvin McDowell | Battles/Soldiers | |
- | Moncure Conway returns to America to conduct a lecture tour | Personal |
President Lincoln creates two new army departments, one directly protecting Washington DC | Battles/Soldiers | |
President Lincoln visits General McClellan's headquarters at Fredericksburg, Virginia | Battles/Soldiers | |
Union forces advance on Stafford County, Virginia | Battles/Soldiers | |
Union infantrymen finally take Marye's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg | Battles/Soldiers | |
- | Union reinforcements prevented from reaching Chancellorsville at Battle of Salem Church | Battles/Soldiers |