Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! / / George C. Rable
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| Autore: |
Rable George C
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| Titolo: |
Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! / / George C. Rable
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (688 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/33 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg |
| ISBN: | 979-88-9313-124-6 |
| 0-8078-6793-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819266403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Civil War America.