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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.