tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post9079660482590780229..comments2024-03-27T14:30:10.785-04:00Comments on JOHN BANKS' <br> CIVIL WAR BLOG: Sign here: Soldiers' graffiti in Fredericksburg, VirginiaJohn Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-12834385684021553122016-05-21T14:03:14.600-04:002016-05-21T14:03:14.600-04:00Shortly after the battle, Lincoln came to Frederic...Shortly after the battle, Lincoln came to Fredericksburg. He stood on the steps of the bank and addressed the crowd. Clara Barton attended wounded amputees in the courthouse across the street and convalescing Union Soldiers were laying outside, along Princess Anne Street. Many Union burials in the yards of houses near by(because of lack of space and the urgency to do something with the decaying corpses. ** Of some historical interest from another period, the bank is blocks away from Kenmore House (home of Fielding Lewis and his wife Betty Washington Lewis(Sister of George Washington), The Rising Sun Tavern home of proprietor Lawrence Washington(Brother of George) and the Home of Mary Ball Washington(Mother of the Father of Our Country, George Washington), and the Home of John Paul Jone3s All sustained damage during the Civil War Battle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377951424168803889noreply@blogger.com