The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Lease of the Market-House Lots--The First Serious Fire-- Fredericksburg an Important Center--An Act Concerning Elections--Half of the Town Destroyed by Fire-- Fredericksburg an...

The War Clouds Gather--Fredericksburg in the Southern Confederacy--Troops Raised and Equipped--Town Surrendered to Federal Authorities--Citizens Arrested and Held as Hostages--T...

The Great Battle--The Town Sacked by Soldiers--The Federals Recross the River--A Great Revival of Religion--The Battle of Chancellorsville--Gen. Sedgwick Captures the Town--The...

The Armies Transferred to Richmond and Petersburg--Gen. Lee Surrenders his Army--Citizens Return Home--Action of the City Council--Fredericksburg Again Under the Old Flag--The A...

The Courts of Fredericksburg--The Freedman's Bureau--Court Orders and Incidents--First Night Watch Appointed-- Ministers Qualify to Perform Marriage Ceremony--First Notary Publi...

Distinguished Men Buried in Fredericksburg--A Remarkable Grave Stone--Three Heroic Fredericksburgers, Wellford, Herndon, Willis--The Old Liberty Bell Passes Through Town-- Great...

Declaration of Separation--The Declaration of Independence--Washington Commander-in-Chief of the Armies-- John Paul Jones Raises the First Flag--First to Throw the Stars and Str...

The First Proclamation for Public Thanksgiving-- Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion--John Marshall and the Supreme Court--Religious Liberty--The Monroe Doctrine-- Seven Presidents--...

In what year the white man first set his foot upon the present site of Fredericksburg is not certainly known. The mind of man, of the present generation, does not run back to th...

_Governor Spotswood and Others Start on an Expedition over the Blue Ridge Mountains--They Pass Through what is now Fredericksburg--They Join Others at Germanna, where they make...

Although the site upon which Fredericksburg now stands was settled by white men, possibly in 1622, in the location of plantations by the London Company referred to by Capt. John...

In 1759 an act was passed by the General Assembly to encourage the "Arts and Manufactures in the Colony," but wine and silk making seemed to have predominated all others, wine h...

_The Lease of the Market-House Lots--The First Serious Fire--Fredericksburg an Important Center--An Act Concerning Elections--Half of the Town Destroyed by Fire--Fredericksburg...

_The War Clouds Gathering--Fredericksburg in the Confederacy--Troops Raised and Equipped--The Surrender of the Town to the Federal Authorities--Arrested and Held as Hostages--Ci...

_The great battle--The town sacked by soldiers--A wonderful display of humanity--The Federals recross the river--A great revival of religion--The battle of Chancellorsville--The...

_The Armies Transferred to Richmond and Petersburg--Gen. Lee's surrender--Citizens Return Home--Action of the Council--Fredericksburg Again Under the Old Flag--The Assassination...

If every one in this Christian land was a Christian, and was governed by the rule laid down and inculcated by the Christ, "whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye e...

As it was found necessary to have courts to punish crimes, to settle disputes and to enforce law and order in the Commonwealth for the good of society, it was also found necessa...

In stating that Fredericksburg has more ancient reminiscent and historical buildings than any other town of its size in this country, we do not fear successful contradiction. Fr...

Fredericksburg, from the time it was first chartered, found itself on the main line of travel from North to South and _vice versa_. For this reason it was the main point for sto...

In times of peace and quiet, in free America and even in conservative Virginia, it is necessary that cities should have some military organization that can be called upon to pro...

If the morals and correct lives of the people of a town are to be judged by the number of churches within its borders, giving due consideration to the number of inhabitants, the...

_Charitable and Benevolent Societies--The Mary Washington Hospital--Newspapers and Periodicals--Political Excitement--Strong Resolutions Condemning the Administration of John Ad...

A town is not less renowned for the noble, heroic dead who sleep within its borders than it is for its gallant soldiers, Statesmen and others who are yet on the stage of action....

Fredericksburg has received the visits of many heroes and statesmen, and on various occasions has been placed on "dress parade," and proved herself equal to the demands made upo...

of adding pleasure to the other sweets of domestic life; and my sensibility of them is heightened by their coming from the respectable inhabitants of the place of my growing inf...

When this great crowd entered the courthouse, after making such a long march in hot weather, most of them were willing to rest awhile before the exercises commenced. Yet Gen. Ki...

It has been said, probably by the facetious or perhaps by the envious--for such are to be found in all communities--that Virginians are noted for their bragging--that find them...

_The Declaration of Separation--The Declaration of Independence--Washington Commander-in-Chief--John Paul Jones Raises the First Flag--He was First to Raise the Stars and Stripe...

organization of the infant navy of the United States, in 1775, John Paul Jones received the appointment of first of the first lieutenants in the service, in which, in his statio...

_The First Proclamation for Public Thanksgiving--Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion--John Marshall and the Supreme Court--Religious Liberty--The Monroe Doctrine--Seven Presidents--C...

We now come to the closing words of the history of our venerable city, and what we shall add in closing will be of Fredericksburg as it is at present, without going into tiresom...