does n e 1 know about FREDRICKSBURG??? (the battle)?

Answer 1

http://www.civilwarhome.com/fredrick.htm


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This is the battle in which Lee remarked his famous quote "It is well that war is so terrible, - we should grow to fond of it." After watching Union brigade after brigade storm the foots of Marye's Heights.

Answer 2

The bumbling Burnside (the then Federal leader of the Army of the Potomic) sent wave after wave against entrenched infantry and artillery fire posted on high ground. The napoleonic assault meant utter doom for the attackers. My question is, why didn't Lee remember Fredricksburg when he sent 12,000 Virginians across 1 1/2 miles of open country at Gettysburg????

Answer 3

Gen. A.E. Burnside, newly appointed commander of the Northern forces, planned to cross the Rappahannock River with an army of more than 120,000 troops and advance on the Southern capital at Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee countered by taking a strong position on high ground behind Fredericksburg with a force of about 78,000. The attack on December 13 proved a complete failure, and Burnside's casualties totalled more than 12,500, compared to only about 5,000 for the carefully entrenched Confederates. General Burnside was relieved of his command the following month and has been severely criticized by historians for his conduct of this battle.Once again the Union had failed in what should have been its main objective--destruction of the army of northern Virginia. Richmond seemed as far away as ever. For the South, the victory restored morale lost after Lee's retreat from Maryland following his unsuccessful Antietam campaign in September.

Answer 4

NOT from Wikipedia.
The Battle of Fredericksburg - Dec 13th, 1862
The Army of the Potomac - The Union Army led by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside: Right Grand Division (Edwin Sumner), Second Army Corps (Darius Couch), Ninth Army Corps (Orlando Willcox). Calvary Divison (Alfred Pleasonton).
Center Grand Divison (Joe Hooker), Third Army Corps (George Stoneman). Calavary Brigade (William Averell). Left Grand Divison (William B. Franklin), First Army Corps (John Reynolds), Sixth Army Corps (William F. Smith). Calavary Brigade (George Bayard). The Strength of the Army of the Potomac on the morning of December 13th, 1862 - 116,000.
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The Army of Northern Virginia - General Robert E. Lee
First Army Corps (James Longstreet). Second Army Corps (Thomas J. Jackson). Calvary (James E. B. Stuart)
The Strength of the Army of Northern Virginia on the morning of Dec. 10th, 1862 - 78,513.

"Marye's Hill was the focus of the strife. The stone wall on Marye's Heights was held by the Brigades of Cobb and Kershaw of McLaw's Division. From noon until dark Burnside continued to hurl one divison after another that hill. French's Division was the first to rush to the assualt. It suffered a loss of near half its numbers. Hancock immediately charged with five-thousand men. In fifteen minutes they were thrown back with a loss of two thousand. Howard's Division came to their aid. Two divisions of the Ninth Corps attacked repeatedly in their support. Humphrey's Divison. In a moment they were hurled back with enormous loss."
The Confederates held the high position at Marye's Heights, while the Union soldiers committed frontal assaults which failed to take the position.
Losses - Union: 12,653 - - Confederate: 5,377

Answer 5

You need to learn that life's answers don't come from Yahoo!, google and wikipedia. And it's spelled "anyone".

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg