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On December 13, 1862, the Old Richmond Stage Road passed wartime Smithfield, now the Fredericksburg Country Club. Out of the ravine alongside the present golf links, Meade’s Division emerged to form lines of battle and advance against the Confederate heights a mile ahead. The banners of Doubleday’s Division flew on his left and Gibbon’s on his right. Although Meade temporarily pierced the enemy defenses, Confederate counterattacks forced all three divisions back to this road.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States
