Lee Hill, Fredericksburg

A 30 pound Parrott Rifle on Telegraph (Lee) Hill on the Fredericksburg Battlefield. As you can see from the muzzle, this gun was not original to the battle, having been forged in 1864 at the West Point Foundry. The barrel weighs in excess of 4,000 pounds and could fire a projectile over four miles.

Sincerely,

Randy

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The Bloody Angle

The Bloody Angle in Spotsylvania where soldiers unleashed so ferocious a fire that the bullets themselves sawed down an oak tree 22 inches in diameter during the Battle of Spotsylvania.

Sincerely,

Randy

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