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The wartime home of Edward and Martha Stephens stood amid the fighting on December 13, 1862, when Union attacks struck the Sunken Road. Confederate sharpshooters fired from its windows and roof, and the Union artillery shell that killed General Thomas Cobb passed through the house before exploding. Legend holds that Martha Stephens, unlike most local residents, remained there throughout the battle, making repeated dangerous trips to her well and tearing strips from her own garments to bind the wounds of the fallen. Martha Stephens lived until 1888 and was buried in the nearby plot. The house survived the battle but was destroyed by fire in 1913.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States
