Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

by George C. Rable

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807826731
• ISBN13: 9780807826737
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"