Transcribed Newspaper Articles--Augusta County: Fredericksburg

• Staunton Spectator, December 16, 1862, p. 2, c. 1: "The Conflict at Fredericksburg." Reports on the details of the battle at Fredericksburg.

• Staunton Spectator, December 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 6: "Battle at Fredericksburg, Saturday, the 13th Inst." Reprints an article from the Richmond Dispatch that provides details of the battle at Fredericksburg.

• Staunton Spectator, December 23, 1862, p. 2, c. 1: "The Battle at Fredericksburg." Reports that the Confederate victory at Fredericksburg was even more decisive than previously thought. The author's evidence is that the Northern forces were not able to renew their attack according to plan, because the "army had been so badly whipped and demoralized that the officers and men would not agree to go into battle again at that place."

• Staunton Spectator, December 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 3: "Letter from Burnside on his Defeat on Fredericksburg." Provides a synopsis of a letter Burnside wrote to General Hallock explaining his actions at Fredericksburg.

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