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    Mud and Graybacks - 125th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 'Mud March'
    Kendrick Gibbs
    • Jan 22, 2020

    Mud and Graybacks - 125th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 'Mud March'

    In the aftermath of the Battle of Fredericksburg, the 125th Pennsylvania experienced thick, sucking mud and lice known as "graybacks."
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    “I hope we shall whip them yet” – The 132nd Pennsylvania at Fredericksburg
    Guest Contributor
    • Dec 21, 2019

    “I hope we shall whip them yet” – The 132nd Pennsylvania at Fredericksburg

    Guest contributor EJ Murphy details the experiences of the 132nd Pennsylvania at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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    "Pennsylvania at the Battle of Fredericksburg" - Recap of our December 2019 live-stream
    Jake Wynn
    • Dec 18, 2019

    "Pennsylvania at the Battle of Fredericksburg" - Recap of our December 2019 live-stream

    Check out the videos that PennCivilWar recorded at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in December 2019.
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    Pennsylvanians who earned Medals of Honor at the Battle of Fredericksburg
    Codie Eash
    • Dec 17, 2019

    Pennsylvanians who earned Medals of Honor at the Battle of Fredericksburg

    As a result of the Battle of Fredericksburg, seven Pennsylvanians earned the prestigious Medal of Honor. Codie Eash explores their stories.
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    "First fight" - George Snowden sees the elephant at the Battle of Fredericksburg
    Jake Wynn
    • Dec 17, 2019

    "First fight" - George Snowden sees the elephant at the Battle of Fredericksburg

    George Snowden experienced Civil War combat for the first time during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862.
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    “Like snow coming down on warm ground” – What a future Pennsylvania commander saw at Fredericksburg
    Codie Eash
    • Dec 13, 2019

    “Like snow coming down on warm ground” – What a future Pennsylvania commander saw at Fredericksburg

    Darius Couch reflected on the horrors he witnessed during the Battle of Fredericksburg in the decades after the Civil War.
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    "Supposed to be my death wound" - A Pennsylvania soldier's story of survival at Marye's Heights
    Jake Wynn
    • Dec 12, 2019

    "Supposed to be my death wound" - A Pennsylvania soldier's story of survival at Marye's Heights

    In his memoir, Frederick Hitchcock vividly describes how he escaped death at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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