Wednesday, December 12, 2012

1862 December 13 Fredericksburg

[from the diary of Frank C. Fitzhugh of Cutshaw's Battery]

                                  Saturday 13

Started out soon after day and
went to the battlefield right
wing.  our Brigade was engaged
Our Battery remained under severe
fire all day, but not engaged.  At
night we moved to the extreme right of
Jacksons Corps & relieved a Battery
[The following line is written in the margins.]
where we spent the night

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 4448

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