Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.
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The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.
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Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender.
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Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.
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