Battle of Fredericksburg

Battle Overview: Fought on December 11-15, 1862, in Fredericksburg Virginia, the Battle of Fredericksburg was the Civil War’s first battle that involved urban combat. It had nearly 200,000 soldiers present between both sides, meaning this is the highest concentrated battle in the civil war. Leader of the Federal (Union) side was Ambrose E. Burnside, and the leader of the confederates was Robert E. Lee. The Union's plan was to use 60,000 men to take the southern flank of Prospect Hill, more specifically Marye's Heights,while holding the south in urban areas and then flushing them out. The south positioned behind strategically placed stone walls at Marye's Heights, giving them the high ground and a near impenetrable wall of fire over…

The Battle of Fredericksburg was one of the greatest wins for the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Artillery played a major role on many wars during the American Civil War, but none proved to have more of an effect than The Washington Artillery had at Fredericksburg. This battle stood to see the most troops out of any battle that took place during the American Civil War, almost 200,000 men. The Union army outnumbered the Confederates by 40,000 men. The use of artillery in this…

treasurer for the Illinois Central Railroad, which was operated by his friend and former classmate George McClellan. Ambrose Everett Burnside may not have been a very successful general, for he lost a couple major battles that led to his firing, but he conducted successful campaigns…

Commonwealth of Virginia’s Division of Forensic Science Laboratory. While there, she won the respect of its renowned Director, the late Dr. Paul Ferrara, and rose to the position of Director of Security and the Forensic Police. In this position, Seketta: won the approval for the forensic police force to become armed. wrote the general orders for the department. ensured the laboratory’s compliance with the Commonwealth’s Department of Criminal Justice Services. In 2001, Seketta withdrew from…

it relates to slavery. The Gettysburg War was fought between the Union (the North) and the Confederates (the South). The Union wanted to do away with slavery and let African Americans have choices on where, how, and who they worked for while the confederates were content with slavery. The confederates even tried to argue that slaves had better lives living in America than in their native land Africa. After three long days of battle the Union prevailed defeating the Confederates whose resources…

First, transportation movement has not changed too much. A little town over from where I live, Mineral, still uses a train to transport goods. In Fredericksburg, a town forty-five minutes from where I live in which I work, they have an Amtrak Train that goes from Fredericksburg to Washington, D.C., which has been used for many year. One thing that has changed is that Fredericksburg started transit busing not too long ago that goes all around the town. The second movement is the impact of…

formal tone for those who want to know more about the hardships the men in the war had to go through. He does a nice job describing and giving examples of the hard times these soldiers had to go to. The audience and the writer both have an interest for knowing about the early war times. He makes it clear what he is trying to convey in this article. This work is significant because it helps us further understand what the soldiers in this time had to go through. It shows the men were…

Many historians have very different ideas of the both generals Joseph Hooker and George Meade as well as their successfulness as positive military leaders. Professor Allen C. Guelzo argues that the victory of the battle would have occurred also with Hooker in command because war decisions during the battle weren’t always made my Meade. General Meade was recorded present at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2nd at 1 p.m. The battle began on July 1st and the battle was on 3 days, this means Meade…

of this epidemic including the walking dead and their army of dread. In Continuation, there are not many characters that stick for the whole book except the interviewer. The interviewer is mysterious to some but a hero to others. He goes around the world to tell a story about this massive epidemic. From the book we can tell that he gives a lot of emotion and seeks the truth most of the time. He’ll go to extreme measures to get this story, that he’s NOT GETTING PAYED FOR, to basically sum up…

the public thinks is that women are just now starting to begin to take part in war. Most of these people have never considered that these women have been serving for longer than they would ever consider. These current women are not the pioneers of the women solider, they are the direct ancestors of the women that fought in the past. It is genuinely surprising that a majority of people are still to this day surprised when they speak to a women that says she has served her country. The reason it…