The Fredericksburg Campaign : winter war on the Rappahannock /
"In November 1862, just four days after his promotion to commander of the Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Burnside moved his army to Fredericksburg, Virginia, en route to Richmond. Confederate commander Robert E. Lee responded by placing the Army of Northern Virginia directly across the Rappahanno...
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2003]
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Table of Contents:
- Poor Burn feels dreadfully: the winter campaign of 1862
- To cripple the Rebel cause: the road to Fredericksburg
- The enemy will be more surprised: countdown to crossing
- A scene of wildest confusion: the pontoon crossings on December 11
- A fierce and deadly contest: fighting in the streets
- The most Gothic of goths: the sacking of Fredericksburg
- The jaws of death: the battle begins
- A terrible slaughter in our ranks: the Federal breakthrough
- Getting Hill out o' trouble: the Confederate counterattack
- Cheer up, my hearties: French's attack
- The valley of death: Hancock's attack
- A devil of a time: Howard and Sturgis attack
- The die is cast: Deep Run and Griffin's attack
- The gates of hell: final assaults at twilight
- Deciding the fate of our country: the aftermath of battle
- Played out: Dumfries raid and the mud march
- Not the same troops we started with.
