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The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Fredericksburg. (search)
From Fredericksburg. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Camp near Fredericksburg, Nov. 29. We came here last Saturday, and the indications were that we would have a fight next day. Reveille was ordered at 4½ o'clock and break fast at daybreak, horses to be hitched, and everything in the battery ready for action. As the gray dawn broke in the clear eastern sky, we listened to hear the whizzing of the first great shell, which we were to consider notice to mount and take our guns rapidly to our destined position in the line of battle. Presently the sun came up, and soon the anticipations of a fight passed away. Day after day the story is repeated, but each time attracts less attention. I have been down several times to view the Abolitionisms on the other side. From the hills on this side we have a fine view. It is true that these hills are much farther from the river than those on the Stafford side, but they are nevertheless commanding and nearly as high. Betw