Fredericksburg City Dock, Union Artillery on Stafford Heights - Civil War Discovery Trail Sites on Waymarking.com

Directly ahead of you, across the river, stood George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm. According to legend, the future president cut down his father’s cherry tree there and threw a coin across the river. The property took its name from a ferry that operated at the time.
In 1862, Union artillery crowned the bluffs once occupied by the Washington farm. When Confederate troops resisted the Union army’s efforts to cross the river on December 11, Burnside turned nearly 150 guns – arrayed along a three mile front – on the town. Thousands of shells, some weighting as much as thirty pounds, crashed down upon the unfortunate city, setting several buildings on fire. But when the smoke cleared the Confederates were still there.

Type of site: Battlefield Address: 120 Sophia St. Fredericksburg, VA USA 22401 Admission Charged: No Charge Website: [Web Link] Phone Number: Not listed Driving Directions: Not listed

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