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5 pages in length. The Civil War's Battle of
Fredricksburg, as led by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, began rumbling on November 7, 1862 as one hundred twenty thousand soldiers assembled close by Warrenton, Virginia. Burnside, who inherited the Army of the Potomac from Major
General George B. McClellan when McClellan first received Washington's orders, led a forcible army that was completely the opposite of his predecessor. The writer offers an overview of the Battle of Fredericksburg. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Potomac from Major General George B. McClellan when McClellan first received Washingtons orders, led a forcible army that was completely the opposite of his predecessor. Rather than merely leisurely
traversing the forty miles separating the troops from Fredericksburg, Burnside proposed a swift and hearty approach that took only two days. This particular tactic to make a "40-mile dash
across country" (Green, 1998, p. fredhist.htm) was unheard of but proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned
that they had little time to waste in getting there. It was a well-known fact that Lincoln would "settle for no less than complete victory" (Drew et al, 1990,
p. PG). That is all the encouragement the Major General needed to hear; with that, he "launched his army toward Fredericksburg" (Green, 1998, p. fredhist.htm). November 15th was the day
that Burnside and his army marched their way into Fredericksburg. Burnside was instrumental in establishing the armys organizational strategy by dividing the men into what he termed grand divisions:
three equal sections. The troops, who were dressed in blue, followed their "bewhiskered commander" (Green, 1998, p. fredhist.htm) -- from whom the term "sideburns" was inspired -- and marched
their way at a fast clip. The first men to arrive at the designated site took two days in their approach to Stafford Heights. General Robert E. Lee
found that he and his Army of Northern Virginia were at a "perilous disadvantage" (Green, 1998, p. fredhist.htm) on account of Burnsides clever maneuvering; because Lees seventy-eight thousand men had
previously been divided in a courageous attempt to gain better ground, the General Lee was not prepared to address Burnsides march upon Fredericksburg. This was the point at which
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