Fredericksburg

At that time the two main armies operating in Virginia were confronting each other near Fredericksburg.

At five o'clock on the morning of the 11th of December two signal-guns were fired on the heights of Fredericksburg.

The road from Fredericksburg to Port Royal runs parallel to the river, about half a mile distant from the stream.

To Lee, who looked across the river from Fredericksburg, there was no change in the appearance of things on the Stafford hills.

Looking closely into the intrenchments behind Fredericksburg he discovered that the Rebels intended to hold them.