memoir · by a contemporary

A little fifer's war diary

C. W. Bardeen (1847–1924), 1910

Named on the page for Battle of Fredericksburg.

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draft Matched to the battle automatically; not yet reviewed.

Passages that name the battle; the whole book is at Internet Archive.

11–15 December 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg

PHOTOENGRAVED FROM THE ORIGINAL DIARY
On the other hand, think what a privi lege it was to be present at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys burg, and the Wilderness, not only four of the great battles of the war, but all differ ing so much in commanders and in their general features.

FORT ALBANY, BUILT BY THE IST MASSACHUSETTS
House, near Fredericksburg, and another at Brandy Station. These were my four principal camps. Small as that map is, it gives the entire ground I passed over in the army except the march to Gettysburg and back north of the Potomac. The battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellors- ville, Locust Grove, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania were all fought within a radius of ten miles. I shall give smaller local maps from time to time, but this map should be referred to by those who care to read the remaining chapters of this diary.

CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG
CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG

CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG
The Battle of Fredericksburg

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