Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! [[electronic resource] /] / George C. Rable

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465549503321
• Autore: Rable George C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-8078-6793-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (688 p.)
• Collana: Civil War America
• Disciplina: 973.7/33
• Soggetti: Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1. Armies; Chapter 2. Politics; Chapter 3. Strategy; Chapter 4. Marching; Chapter 5. Delay; Chapter 6. Camp; Chapter 7. History; Chapter 8. Discontent; Chapter 9. Preparations; Chapter 10. Crossing; Chapter 11. Orders; Chapter 12. Artillery; Chapter 13. Breakthrough; Chapter 14. Attack; Chapter 15. Perseverance; Chapter 16. Futility; Chapter 17. Retreat; Chapter 18. Carnage; Chapter 19. Wounds; Chapter 20. News; Chapter 21. Recrimination; Chapter 22. Winter; Chapter 23. Freedom; Chapter 24. Morale; Chapter 25. Mud; Epilogue; Order of Battle; Notes; BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, ""Give them Fredericksburg!"" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier, clearly loomed large in the minds of Civil War soldiers. Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. Confederate general Robert E. Lee suffered roughly 5,000 casualties but inflicted more than twice that many losses--nearly 13,000--on his opponent, General Ambrose Burnside. As news of the Union lo