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Fredericksburg 1862 - "Clear the Way"

By: Osprey

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Praeger Illustrated Military History Series


Product Info

Title
Fredericksburg 1862 - "Clear the Way"
Publisher
Category
Author
Carl Smith
Publish Year
2004
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.4"
NKG Part #
2147487604
MFG. Part #
027598446X
Type
Hardcover

Description

In December 1862, things were still confused for the Union. Antietam had been a tactical failure for both sides, and although the battle showed that the Union army could bring the Confederates to bay, it couldn't pin them in one place long enough to destroy them. McClellan was slow in pursuing the withdrawing Lee, not acting until October 1862. Still, Lee's invasion had been stalled and repulsed. In the West General Grant was closing on Vicksburg, and the Mississippi was under greater Union control. Lincoln appointed General Burnside to command the Army of the Potomac, and it was the latter who planned to seize and secure the town of Fredericksburg, and then take the Confederate capital of Richmond. Carl Smith's book details the epic struggle that engulfed the Union side as it crossed the Rappahannock on December 11, encountering stiff opposition from Lee's men.