Fredericksburg

Commonwealth of Virginia’s Division of Forensic Science Laboratory. While there, she won the respect of its renowned Director, the late Dr. Paul Ferrara, and rose to the position of Director of Security and the Forensic Police. In this position, Seketta: won the approval for the forensic police force to become armed. wrote the general orders for the department. ensured the laboratory’s compliance with the Commonwealth’s Department of Criminal Justice Services. In 2001, Seketta withdrew from the paid workforce to tend to the business of expanding and nurturing her family. Without skipping a beat, five years later, she resumed her administration of justice career as a magistrate in Virginia’s 15th Judicial District, which includes the city of Fredericksburg, Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties. At 54, married for 27 years, Seketta is the mother of two middle school children who attend Stafford County public schools. She has been a soccer coach for their team and devotes her free time to her family. Seketta was born in Jessup, Georgia, where her father is a retired elementary school principal and her deceased mother was a business education teacher. She graduated from Camden County High School in Georgia and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Seketta demands accountability, efficiency and fairness as she performs her duties. It is these values that drive her work ethic and are the foundation of her mission…

Battle Overview: Fought on December 11-15, 1862, in Fredericksburg Virginia, the Battle of Fredericksburg was the Civil War’s first battle that involved urban combat. It had nearly 200,000 soldiers present between both sides, meaning this is the highest concentrated battle in the civil war. Leader of the Federal (Union) side was Ambrose E. Burnside, and the leader of the confederates was Robert E. Lee. The Union's plan was to use 60,000 men to take the southern flank of Prospect Hill,…

First, transportation movement has not changed too much. A little town over from where I live, Mineral, still uses a train to transport goods. In Fredericksburg, a town forty-five minutes from where I live in which I work, they have an Amtrak Train that goes from Fredericksburg to Washington, D.C., which has been used for many year. One thing that has changed is that Fredericksburg started transit busing not too long ago that goes all around the town. The second movement is the impact of…

The Battle of Fredericksburg was one of the greatest wins for the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Artillery played a major role on many wars during the American Civil War, but none proved to have more of an effect than The Washington Artillery had at Fredericksburg. This battle stood to see the most troops out of any battle that took place during the American Civil War, almost 200,000 men. The Union army outnumbered the Confederates by 40,000 men. The use of artillery in this…

The Confederate slaughter of the Union at Fredericksburg was so great, that, at the subsequent Battle of Gettysburg, the Unionists shouted “Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!” as they avenged their dead comrades. The Battle of Fredericksburg unfolded in a natural auditorium with the Rappahannock River on the east, and Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights on the west. This topography prescribed the logistics of the Confederate army and contributed towards its success - and occasional hindrance - to a…

Confederates at battle and for this the Union Army would pay dearly. These accounts of the movie are also accurate. The Confederate Army and the Union Army went into battle in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was another bad bloody war for the Union army as they ran head first into the dangers of the Confederate War Zone. It just as General Hancock suspected they were basically screwed and that day would pay by losing a lot of good soldiers. The Union Army had no choice but retreat and leave…

In the summer of 1960 the beginning of deseragratiom began here in Fredericksburg. Some African American high school student learned about a protest that had happened in Greensboro NC. The NC protest was college African American students that started a sit in protest where they went into the local store and occupied the seats at the lunch counter. This allowed no seats for white paying customers.This type of protest was learned about all over the country. Some African American high school…

was put in charge of an expeditionary force in North Carolina and he oversaw attacks on the coastline, claimed Roanoke Island, and took over the town New Bern, North Carolina, all of which helped the Union establish their naval blockade. During this time, he was asked to be head general of the Union twice, but he declined both times out of modesty. His next major campaign took place in Maryland, where he let the Confederates get away during the Battle of Antietam after being unable to…

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In the article Hayfoot, Strawfoot, Bruce Catton, an American historian and journalist, claims that soldiers in the American Civil War were effective even though they were unorganized, unsophisticated and had harsh conditions. He also explains men were drafted for the war, instead of volunteering like they do today. He shows and supports this in many ways. He supports his claim first by showing the lack of education and sophistication came from boys signing up for the war that were under the…