Legend Says......
In the early morning hours of December 10, 1962 , the Union Troups descended into the area. The Baxter Family prepared to flee their farm home expecting that the Union Solders would soon arrive to take over their property as they prepared for battle. Elle Baxter, 83 at the time, in an effort to soften the toll of destruction on her home since childhood, left one of her locally famed Stack Cakes on the kitchen table as they fled for safety East of Fredericksburg. The stack Cake recip had been in her family since she was 8 years odl. But what her husband, 7 children, and 23 grandchildren did not know is what her real intensions were. Therin lies a mystery that has never been solved. Teh mystery of what has become over this 160 years to be known as the Ghost of Fredericksburg Stack Cake. You see, after the troups arrived, camped and commandeered the Baxter home. Teh commanders enjoyed the Stack Cake with their prebattle evening coffee. They bunked down for the night and never work the next day to command their troops in the western end of the county. The battle ensued in the following days. Many old timers say, due to that lack of command operations that morning of December 11th it left the Union Troops to a disadvantage as the Souldiers in Gray commanded the 4 day battle losing only 6,000 troops to the Unions 12,500 loss. That battle victory for the Gray spurred what would save Richmond from falling for the time being. Today there are many on both sides that debate this story as myth. Some say face, some say fiction and all with the same vigor that divided the North and South some 160 years ago. The legend of the Ghost of Fredericksburg Stack Cake still lives on today. 
