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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Recollections of Fredericksburg.—From the morning of the 20th of April to the 6th of May, 1863. (search)
Recollections of Fredericksburg.—From the morning of the 20th of April to the 6th of May, 1863. by General B. G. Humphreys. [The following are extracts from the Mississippi State War Records, by General B. G. Humphreys, ex-Governor of Mississippi, and Colonel of the Twenty-first Mississippi regiment, Confederate States army.] * * * * * During the winter of 1862-3, General Burnside had been superseded by Fighting Joe Hooker, who was making gigantic preparations, just across the Rappahannock, for the fourth On to Richmond, and boasted that he had the finest army on the planet, and would soon pulverize the rebellion. General Lee was not idle. Though cramped by his limited means and resources, both in men and appliances of war, he stood firm and unawed by the mighty hosts that confronted him. During the night of the 20th of April the Federals attacked some North Carolina pickets, drove in their reserves, laid down pontoon bridges, and crossed the river below Deep Run, near the