Commissioned by the Common Council for the three-hundredth anniversary of the site’s discovery in 1608, Quinn’s history follows Fredericksburg from its first explorers and colonial settlement through its churches, schools, trade and leading families to the Civil War companies the town raised and the battles fought around it. It draws heavily on local records and the memories of older citizens.
A detailed local history for Virginians and Civil War readers; its view of the war is a Southern townsman’s of 1908. Download the free EPUB.