Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863(Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White - CWC) wax seal This soldier is carrying fifty

This soldier is carrying fifty rounds of ammunition in an imported English Enfield cartridge box

well-known patriotic

a period that begins with the earliest outdoor photograph know to have been recorded in the town

Athletic grey t-shirt

Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863(Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White - CWC) wax seal This soldier is carrying fiftyby Chris Mackowski & Kristopher White By May of 1863, the Stone Wall at the base of Maryes Heights above Fredericksburg loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter from their crushing defeat there the previous December. They would assault it again with a very different result the following spring when General Joe Hooker, bogged down in bloody battle with the Army of Northern Virginia around the crossroads of