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The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Fredericksburg. (search)
a position commanding a full view of almost the entire line of battle. An artillery duel might be carried on here for a fortnight without any definite result. What we want to see is the infantry cross the river. We expect a most lively time then. The last battle of Manassas has been called the "most beautiful fight of the war, but a fight here will be more beautiful still, in my judgment, as well by reason of the result as the position of the parties. There is a ford on the left, near Falmouth, where infantry might cross, but the banks are so steep on the other side that artillery cannot be brought over. Yesterday I saw a Yankee brigade on dress parade, Most of the camps are a mile or so back from the river, among the pines, as indicated by the smoke from their fires; but there are a few regiments nearer the river, in ravines and clumps of trees. They come daily down to the river bank. One of our men asked one of the Yankees, the other day, who was in command? He replied