Historian Frank O'Reilly describes the opening attacks across the Slaughter Pen Farm towards Prospect Hill at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Jim Lighthizer at the Slaughter Pen Farm
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Jim Lighthizer at the Slaughter Pen Farm
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Civil War Trust President Jim Lighthizer speaking at the Slaughter Pen Farm on the Fredericksburg Battlefield in 2009.
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