The Fredericksburg Campaign :
decision on the Rappahannock /
edited by Gary W. Gallagher.
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| Summary: | "'It is well this is so terrible! We should grow too fond of it,' said General Robert E. Lee as he watched his troops repulse the Union attack at Fredericksburg on 13 December 1863. This collection of seven original essays by leading Civil War historians reinterprets the bloody Fredericksburg campaign and places it within a broader social and political context. By analyzing the battle's antecedents as well as its aftermath, the contributors challenge some long-held assumptions about the engagement and clarify our picture of the war as a whole. The book begins with revisionist assessments of the leadership of Ambrose Burnside and Robert E. Lee and features a portrait of the conduct and attitudes of one group of northern troops who participated in the failed assaults at Marye's Heights. Other essays examine how both armies reacted to the battle and how the northern and southern homefronts responded to news of the carnage at Fredericksburg. A final chapter explores the impact of the battle on the residents of the Fredericksburg area and assesses changing Union attitudes about the treatment of Confederate civilians."--Dust jacket. |
| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
Chapel Hill, N.C. :
University of North Carolina Press,
©1995.
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| Series: | Military campaigns of the Civil War.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: xii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. more |
| Contained in: |
Fredericksburg Campaign. Fredericksburg Campaign. |
| ISBN: | 0807821934 9780807821930 9780807858950 0807858951 |
Table of Contents:
The making of a myth : Ambrose E. Burnside and the Union High Command at Fredericksburg / William Marvel
Confederate leadership at Fredericksburg / Alan T. Nolan
It is well that war is so terrible : the carnage at Fredericksburg / George C. Rable
The forlorn hope : Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys's Pennsylvania division at Fredericksburg / Carol Reardon
The Yanks have had a terrible whipping : Confederates evaluate the Battle of Fredericksburg / Gary W. Gallagher
Barbarians at Fredericksburg's gate : the impact of the Union army on civilians / William A. Blair
Morale, maneuver, and mud : the Army of the Potomac, December 16, 1862- January 26, 1863 / A. Wilson Greene.
The making of a myth : Ambrose E. Burnside and the Union High Command at Fredericksburg / William Marvel
Confederate leadership at Fredericksburg / Alan T. Nolan
It is well that war is so terrible : the carnage at Fredericksburg / George C. Rable
The forlorn hope : Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys's Pennsylvania division at Fredericksburg / Carol Reardon
The Yanks have had a terrible whipping : Confederates evaluate the Battle of Fredericksburg / Gary W. Gallagher
Barbarians at Fredericksburg's gate : the impact of the Union army on civilians / William A. Blair
Morale, maneuver, and mud : the Army of the Potomac, December 16, 1862- January 26, 1863 / A. Wilson Greene.