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Metro-Cammell/Cummins Super Sprinter Class 156 diesel multiple unit seen at Green Road on the Cumbrian coast railway line with Northern's 2C55 the 13:13 Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle passenger service.

Dusk, Fogg Dam, Northern Territory, Australia

Dusk, Fogg Dam, Northern Territory, Australia

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To learn more about these magnificent birds please visit www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Hawk_Owl/

North Antrim - June 2025. First adults of this species have been appearing including this male.

North Antrim - June 2025. First adults of this species have been appearing including this male.

North Antrim - June 2025. First adults of this species have been appearing including this male.

Kodak Gold 200 35mm film
London

Kodak Gold 200 35mm film
London

Strasburg 2-10-0 decapod #90 leads Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 Greenbrier (Northern) towards Strasburg where the massive 4-8-4 will undergo restoration back to operation. Seen here after crossing over Esbenshade Road.

Strasburg and RJD America LLC expect to have C&O 614 back to steam in 2 years time.

June 8th, 2025 10:00AM

High of 77 degrees Fahrenheit

Low of 54 degrees Fahrenheit

71 degrees Fahrenheit at capture

In a rocky section of prairie habitat in the northern part of Missouri, I began looking for skinks and snakes. While the sun would shine for brief intervals, it was mostly cloudy. Shortly after flipping the first few rocks, I discovered a skink under one that was partially obscured under vegetation. It unfortunately got away, but then a friend arrived and we were able to locate this one under a small, flat rock on an artificial hill capped by cedar trees. This skink was flighty on capture, but sat still for a few seconds to snap this shot before being returned to her cover.

Missouri

Blue background is our next door neighbor's large boat.

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The Slaughter Pen is the very heart and soul of the Fredericksburg Battlefield. Without it, nothing makes sense. This is the point where the battle was won and lost on December 13, 1862.

On December 13, 1862, three Union army divisions broke across the ground, assaulting the Confederates defenses positioned along a string of low hills south of the town. Over the course of a very long day, the Union sustained approximately 5,000 casualties. Thousands of Confederate casualties also attest to the hard struggle, which at times involved hand-to-hand fighting. Five Medals of Honor would eventually be awarded for individual acts of heroism during the desperate action.

When people think of the Fredericksburg battlefield, they usually envision the futile Union attacks against Marye’s Heights, which were halted by impenetrable barrages of carefully sited artillery and by Confederate musketry delivered from behind the stone wall along the Sunken Road. The area south of Fredericksburg, however, is where the battle truly hung in the balance. Federal assault columns actually broke through the Confederate lines on this other field, in the sector defended by General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The terrain of the Slaughter Pen has remained exceptionally intact and a visitor walking through the site today can readily understand what occurred there. The Slaughter Pen remains as it was at the time of the battle.

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The Slaughter Pen is the very heart and soul of the Fredericksburg Battlefield. Without it, nothing makes sense. This is the point where the battle was won and lost on December 13, 1862.

On December 13, 1862, three Union army divisions broke across the ground, assaulting the Confederates defenses positioned along a string of low hills south of the town. Over the course of a very long day, the Union sustained approximately 5,000 casualties. Thousands of Confederate casualties also attest to the hard struggle, which at times involved hand-to-hand fighting. Five Medals of Honor would eventually be awarded for individual acts of heroism during the desperate action.

When people think of the Fredericksburg battlefield, they usually envision the futile Union attacks against Marye’s Heights, which were halted by impenetrable barrages of carefully sited artillery and by Confederate musketry delivered from behind the stone wall along the Sunken Road. The area south of Fredericksburg, however, is where the battle truly hung in the balance. Federal assault columns actually broke through the Confederate lines on this other field, in the sector defended by General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The terrain of the Slaughter Pen has remained exceptionally intact and a visitor walking through the site today can readily understand what occurred there. The Slaughter Pen remains as it was at the time of the battle.

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Fredericksburg National Cemetery is located on Willis Hill, the largest of the hills that make up Marye’s Heights. Interment of remains in the cemetery began after the war in 1866. It was estimated that over 100,000 Federal soldiers had died within 20 miles of Fredericksburg. By 1869 15,243 had been gathered on Marye’s Heights. Only 2.473 of those were identified. Most were enlisted men, as officers were usually taken home by their families. They were not organized by state or unit, but were buried as they came in over the three year period. All were Federal; Confederate dead were taken to their own cemeteries in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania.

For the next seventy five years around 300 veterans of the Spanish-American War and both world wars were buried here. The cemetery was closed to interments in 1945.