Historic Fredericksburg
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Fredericksburg from Stafford Showing the Steeple that was Used as a Signal Station by Both Armies
On the Wilderness Battlefield President Harding, John T. Goolrick and Gen. Smedley D. Butler
Historic Fredericksburg
The Story of an Old Town
By John T. Goolrick AUTHOR OF “The Life of General Hugh Mercer” “Irishmen in the Civil War” Etc.
Printed In U.S.A. by WHITTET & SHEPPERSON RICHMOND VA. Photographs By DAVIS GALLERY, FREDERICKSBURG VA.
COPYRIGHT, 1922 JOHN T. GOOLRICK
This Book is Dedicated To one who has not failed her friends, or her duty. Who has given freely of her best. Whose faith has not faltered, nor courage dimmed. Who has held high her ideals; who has lighted a pathway for those she loves. To My Wife
Contents
In The Older Days 13
One by one the little cabins are built along the river bank
After the Revolution 26
In the days of its glory, the Old Town was famed and prosperous
War’s Worst Horrors 37
Shelled by 181 guns for hours, the town becomes a crumbled ruin
The First Battle 48
When, at Marye’s Heights and Hamilton’s Crossing, war claimed her sacrifice
At Chancellorsville 55
The Struggle in the Pine Woods when death struck at Southern hearts
Two Great Battles 64
The fearful fire swept Wilderness, and the Bloody Angle at Spottsylvania
Heroes of Early Days 70
The Old Town gives the first Commander, first Admiral and Great Citizens
Men of Modern Times 98
Soldiers, Adventurers and Sailors, Heroes and Artists, mingle here
Unforgotten Women 123
Some of Many Who Left a Record of Brilliancy, Service or Sacrifice
At the Rising Sun 133
Where Famous Men Met; and Mine Host Brewed Punch and Sedition
Lafayette Comes Back 139
After Forty Years of Failure, He Hears the Echo of His Youthful Triumph
Old Court Record 142
Staid Documents, Writ by Hands That Are Still, Are History For Us
Echoes of the Past 151
“Ghosts of Dead Hours, and Days That Once Were Fair”
Where Beauty Blends 165
Old Gardens, at Old Mansions, Where Bloom Flowers from Long Ago
Church and School 173
How They Grew in the New World; Pathways to the Light
The Church of England 181
First in Virginia, the Church of England Has the Longest History
The 250th Birthday 188
Fredericksburg Celebrates an Anniversary
Appendix 199