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Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia

Monday, November 20, 2006

Response to Camps article

I found the article very interesting. I didn't know how much Stafford County was used as a camp for so long. All that I ever hear about is the battle of Fredericksburg. I was also surprised to learn that depressions were still visible from the camps. I knew that you could still see trenches built but I didn't know that depressions from the camps are still visible. I also found it interesting that if the Union army hadn't rested at the Stafford camps then they would not have won the battle of Gettysburg. It is also nice to see people from the community working together to preserve something.

2 Comments:

Blogger Matt T said...

Matt,

I to did not know about how Stafford was key in helping with the Battle of Gettysburg. I also find it cool to find the depressions and huts still here at this site. It is really shocking to know that Stafford was important in the Civil War.

Matt T

5:30 PM  
Blogger RikitaP said...

I also found it shocking when I read that you were still able to see the depressions. I mean that Civil War was a while back; and you can still see the depressions, clearly too! That's pretty neat.

6:01 PM  

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