The Battle of Fredericksburg:: We Cannot Escape History

by James K. Bryant II

Book Overview

The Battle of Fredericksburg is known as the most disastrous defeat the Federal Army of the Potomac experienced in the American Civil War. The futile assaults by Federal soldiers against the Confederate defensive positions on Marye's Heights and behind the infamous stone wall along the Sunken Road solidified Ambrose Burnside's reputation as an inept army commander and reinforced Robert E. Lee's undefeatable image. Follow historian James Bryant behind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596298405
• ISBN13: 9781596298408
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"