Military
9
On December 13, 1862, on the ridge called Marye's Heights, the cannon of Col. J.B. Walton's Louisiana battalion, the Washington Artillery, blazed until late in the day, when, out of ammunition, it yielded the post to Col. E.P. Alexander's Reserve Artillery. Gen. Robert Ransom's North Carolina infantrymen supported the guns and reinforced Cobb's Georgians and Kershaw's South Carolinians in the Sunken Road below. The open field of attack was raked "as with a fine-tooth comb," and Alexander assured corps commander James Longstreet, "A chicken could not live on that field."
Hear stories like this as you drive
ExploreHere reads historical markers out loud as you pass them: over 325,000 stories across the US. No account needed.
4.7 · 800+ ratings · Free
FIND IT
Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States
