Fredericksburg campaign : decision on the Rappahannock / edited by Gary W. Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallagher, Gary W., editor.

Series:

Military campaigns of the Civil War The Fredericksburg Campaign

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1995]

Language Note:

English

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 re

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Making of a Myth: Ambrose E. Burnside and the Union High Command at Fredericksburg; Confederate Leadership at Fredericksburg; It Is Well That War Is So Terrible: The Carnage at Fredericksburg; The Forlorn Hope: Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys's Pennsylvania Division at Fredericksburg; The Yanks Have Had a Terrible Whipping: Confederates Evaluate the Battle of Fredericksburg; Barbarians at Fredericksburg's Gate: The Impact of the Union Army on Civilians; Morale, Maneuver, and Mud: The Army of the Potomac, December 16,1862-January 26, 1863; Bibliographic Essay

ContributorsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890865809

9780807887776

0807887773

OCLC:

607917560