We had our first full day in Virginia on Friday. We spent most of the day visiting with Amber, reconnecting with Ayla, and meeting our new grandson, Caiden. We had such a fund day today. Unwinding for the most part, but we still had an opportunity to visit the Fredericksburg Civil War battle site just a couple of miles away.
Fredericksburg is loaded with so much history. The specific battle site that we visited today was the "sunken road" site where so many Union soldiers were killed by the confederate army who had a superior position up on the hills. There were over 15,000 union soldiers killed in this battle and only 1,000 confederate soldiers. All of the soldiers buried in this cemetery were union soldiers. Of the 15,000, almost 13,000 are unknown. Pretty humbling.
We spent the evening unwinding with Amber and Lucas. It sure was nice spending some quality time with them (the steak dinner was pretty fabulous too)
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| Nana, Ayla, and Caiden |
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| Battle Visitors Center |
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| Compassion even in battle |
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| Tall headstones are known soldiers, short are unknown |
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| Cemetery gates with cannonball marks in them |
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| This served in the 'Revolutionary War"...WOW! |
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| Cannon positions overlooking Fredericksburg and where the Union soldiers came from |
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| This guy was buried here in the 1700's |
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| Inscription at the base of a monument telling how many are buried here |
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| Poignant |
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| Haunting View |
