Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Hamilton's Crossing” in article 1 of The Daily Dispatch: May 2, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
...him. No Yankees yet reported in Fredericksburg.
Barksdale's men are still there.
The Yankees are preparing earthworks for guns near Pratt's. Their line extends from Bernard's to Alsop's, opposite Hamilton's Crossing .
Our pickets and their's are scarcely 200 Yards apart.
One of our shells yesterday scattered a party of officers near Pratt's.
...