House on Fredericksburg battlefield

The Beginning and the End

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September 18th 2012
Saturday morning and it was time to leave DC. It was nice to stay in the one spot for a while, but the south was calling. I headed into Virginia. I hit some heavy traffic as I left the expressway to get fuel (or gas as they call it here) but overall it was a pretty smooth run to my first destination – Fredericksburg. Once again, I was diverting from the Revolutionary War into the Civil War ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more