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In December 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside ordered pontoon bridges to be thrown across the Rappahannock River. Col. Norman J. Hall asked for volunteers to flush out Confederate riflemen by crossing the Rappahannock in pontoon boats. The 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry responded to his call. The men of the Seventh poled and paddled their way across the river. Once ashore, they drove the Confederate riflemen from their concealments. The battle of Fredericksburg occurred two days later on December 13, 1862.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States
