The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Fredericksburg
ISBN: 9781985452268
$9.99
- Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.
- Includes maps of the battle.
- Analyzes the generalship of the battle's most important leaders, including Lee, Longstreet, Burnside and others.
- Includes descriptions of the fighting from the post-battle reports and memoirs of some of the leading generals, including Meade, Burnside, Longstreet, and others.
- Includes a Bibliography for further reading.
- Includes a Table of Contents.
"It is good that war is so terrible; otherwise we should grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee
The Army of the Potomac had pushed Robert E. Lee's army out of Maryland in September 1862 after the Battle of Antietam, but President Lincoln and his War Department wanted the army to continue going after the Army of Northern Virginia after it retreated back into Virginia. When George B. McClellan refused to do it, Lincoln fired him and installed Ambrose E. Burnside as the new commander. Burnside, who didn't believe himself capable of commanding the Army of the Potomac, only took the job because he was told Fighting Joe Hooker would get the spot if he refused.