Fredericksburg Campaign Chronicle and Lead-Up
A detailed portrait of the Fredericksburg campaign and Burnside's three grand divisions. The piece covers McClellan and Pope's campaigns, Burnside's march on Fredericksburg, key generals like Sumner Hooker Franklin Hunt Pleasonton Parke Howard and Sturgis, the stone wall at Marye's Hill, the sunken road, fierce assaults, and the high casualties on both sides.
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Massaponax Creek
Moss
Marye’s Hill
Lee
Burnside
Fredericksburg Heights
Longstreet
McClellan
Pope
Army of the Potomac
J. F. Reynolds
Franklin
Reynolds
Meade
O. O. Howard
Sumner
Marne’s Hill
Oliver Otis Howard
Maine
West Point
Military Academy
Bull Run
Fair Oaks
Antietam
Howard
Gettysburg
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Knoxville
Sherman
Johnston
United States
Freedmen’s Bureau
Howard University
United States Army
Department of the Pacific
Stoneman
Hooker
Fredericksburg
Kershaw
T. R. R. Cobb
Marye
McClellan Loses Bid Against Lincoln in 1864 Election
The text notes McClellan ran against Lincoln in the 1864 presidential race but his path to success was blocked by the moment of victory for Lincoln, implying McClellan faced an adverse fate at the crucial moment.
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Lincoln
McClellan
Battle lines drawn at Fredericksburg by Lee plan
Lee's strategy centers on Longstreet's corps taking the left, with Gen. Richard H. Anderson on the extreme left. Stonewall Jackson held the right, as Union forces prepared to clash in the waist of Virginia.
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American Press Association
McClellan
Pope
Virginia
Army of the Potomac
the James
Richmond
Lee
Halleck
Peninsula
Antietam
Maryland
Potomac
Lincoln
J. E. B. Stuart
Williamsport
Chambersburg
Monocacy
McClelan
Warrenton
Shenandoah Valley
Rappahannock
Culpepper
Stonewall Jackson
Blue Ridge Mountains
Alfred Pleasantom
Pleasonton
Longstreet
Culpepper Noy
Jackson
Slotati
Gordonsville
Fredericksburg
MaCiek
Washington
McCleffing
Burnside
Skenker’s Neck
Speaker’s Neck
Stafford Heights
Falmouth
the Hille
Jubal Early
Stuart
Sumner
Mc Laws
Ransom
United States
Matt. W. Ransom
North Carolina
Appomattox
United States Senate
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
W. H. F. Lee
Burnsiede
Hampton
South Carolina College
Senate
Senator Hampton
Congress
Columbia
D. C
Fitz
Fitz Hugh Lee
W. B. Taliaferro
Taliaferro
Groveton
Richard H. Anderson
Harper's Ferry
Richard TH. Anderson
United States Military Academy
Mexico
United States Army
G.T. Anderson
Northern
Battle of
Franklin
Hamilton
Richmond Road
George G. Meade
A. P. Hill
Gregg
Early
Meade
Reynolds
Fredericksburg Battle Recount From Civil War History
The piece describes the December 13 1862 Fredericksburg engagement and the fog bound Union assault. It notes Burnside's plan with Sumner and Franklin, the crossing details, corps commanders, and the brutal cold as Confederate and Union forces clash. It mentions disputed orders and heavy Union casualties.
Fredericksburg Battle Fragments of Marye's Hill Assault
The narrative recalls Sumner's plan at Fredericksburg with W H French and Hancock leading two divisions up the Telegraph and Orange Naul roads toward Marye's Hill. French, born 1815 in Maryland, a West Point graduate, fought in Florida and Mexico, later commanding at Key West, then Army of the Potomac, dying in 1881.
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Summner
Franklin
Summer
Marye’s Hill
W. H. French
Hancock
Frencti
William Henry French
Fredericksburg
Maryland
West Point
Florida
Key West
Army of the Potomac
Pacific Coast
French
Orange Nault
Richmond
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Gen. Burnside
Sumper
Looker
Maryo
Blue
Gen
Parke
Liberty
Ind
Rhode Island
Illinois Central Railroad
Atlantic
Newbern
Beaufort
Roanoke Island
Department of the Ohio
East Tennessee
East
Europe
Rappahannock River
Acquia Creek
Falncouth
H. J. Hunt
Henry Jackson Hunt
Ohio
Alfred Pleasonton
Washington City
Chancellorsville
Missouri
Sterling Price
John G. Parke
Engineer Corps
Hts
Royal
Lee’s
Fredericksburg Battle Ground
Potomac River
Massaponax
Taylor's Hill
KR. H. Anderson
Marye’s
Telegraph Hill
Lee's Hill
McLaws
Hood
D. H. Hill
Rappshannoeck
Anderson
Barksdale
Telegraph Road
Marge's
Hancock's
Couch
Sturgis
Ninth Corps
Balaklava
Samuel Davis Sturgis
Pennsylvania
Buena Vista
Fort Smith
Ark
Lyons
Department of Ohio
Griffin
Fifth Corps
Humphreys
Sykes
Andrew A. Humphreys
Potomac Army
Ring of the Potomac
Fredericksby
Ganka Bayard
C. Feger Jackson
Aecent Lincoln
Unie
Marye's Hill
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