Episode 19: 2LT John G. B. Adams and the 19th Massachusetts at the Battle of Fredericksburg First Person Civil War Podcast

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, 11 December 1862, 2LT John G.B. Adams and the 19th Massachusetts, alongside the 7th Michigan, conduct the first opposed river crossing and urban warfare of the Civil War. On 13 December, 2LT John G.B. Adams earned the Medal of Honor during the assault on Marye’s Heights.Sources used for this episode:Adams, John G.B. Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1899. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id...