FFV Falmouth, Fredericksburg, Virginia tells the true recorded stories and records of early village of Falmouth and Fredericksburg, VA. Her family has been in Virginia , as Sea Captains since before the American Revolution, sailing off the coast of Virginia at Middlesex counties and others with Ocean connections. She tells of records of General George Washington in his march to Yorktown, General Washington stopped in Falmouth, Virginia and was joined by Capt. Payne and his Falmouth Blues as they all marched to Yorktown to defeat the British invaders.
One of the bloodiest battles known in the United States was at Fredericksburg, when General Robert E. Lee faced General Burnside. Brauer records an interview , taken by authorities of the city --given by a Confederate Soldier, who crossed the Rappahannock River under a white flag to go into General Burnsides Camp. Earlier, The Northern General Burnside had sent a message to General Robert E. Lee, asking for " a day of

grace to bury his dead." This Confederate veterans is taking the reply from Lee back
across the river under a white flag.- with answer to Burnside. During the battle of
Fredericksburg, Virginia 1863, it has been written that the death toll was so bad, that it

looked like the ANGEL OF DEATH HAD PASSED TROUGH" The records of how many etc are given in the Confederate soldiers account in the interview. There are other stories some records by Author Anne Brooks Brauer, of the Battle days mentioned above, when her Great Grandmother, the daughter of a Ocean going Sea Captain , Isabelle Sibley Layton, had to hid in the attic of their small home on Caroline Street, one of main street bombarded. {Mrs. Joel Layton) husband was on the ship Nancemond, guarding Richmond, Va. Grandmother Layton could not leave to evacuate because she was 9 months with child. Having the background of the SeaFarers, she stayed and waited. Of course , like in all wars, one of. her close relatives General Sibley knew where she was and for her only one soldier ever approached her little home and he was dismissed as told in the Open Poem by Great Granddaughter Anne Brooks Brauer. After the war Joel Layton walked home from Libby Prison in Richmond. Where he was taken at the surrender of Richmond. He old gentleman who picture is in the book at his home on Caroli9ne St. in later years--always laughed at hc::>w he {who was the youngest boy in his mothers family) served as a sea man, so he was sent to Libby- while his older brother who were officers were sent to Point Look Out, in Maryland and treated much better than he fared at Libby Prison.
Other recorded events in the book, are of some English Poets who visited Falmouth and sat on the Rocks of the Rappahannock River. Falmouth Village, was the home of one of Americas first millionaire Basil Gordon, he imported and exported salt, tobacco etc.
Salt was what made him a million air here in Falmouth, Va. His home is still here and was in our family for years, Records detail large home with 3 terraces running down to the old US! That passed through the village.
From the Early life of the village and town to 1942, you will find interesting inserts, of life in

the times until 1942. There is also a scrapbook in the back section with old photos and copies of paintings of Anne Brooks Brauer. There I hope you will use the blank pages in the back for your notes and keep your book as a living thing, to write notes and events you come across that interest you. I write in all my books. Books should not be stored for a record to get dust on a shelf. Use your book.