Fredericksburg National Battlefield (Cemetery Ridge)

A picture of a statue/monument in the Fredericksburg National Battlefield at Cemetery Ridge. The statue is of two men, one is a union soldier, and the other is a confederate captain of a legion from Arkansas. During the battle of Cemetery Ridge, confederate troops hid behind a wall and shot at the approaching union ranks, which ended in the biggest union defeat since the Battle of Bull Run. During the battle at Cemetery Ridge, the captain from Arkansas convinced his men to jump the wall, and help treat the injured union soldiers' wounds. As he jumped the wall, the union ranks shot, and all missed. When they realized what the captain was doing for their injured men, the union ranks stopped shooting, and started shouting words of praise. In the statue, the Arkansas captain is giving an injured man a drink of water from a canteen.