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5 pages in length. The Civil War's Battle of
Fredricksburg, as led by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, began rumbling on November 7, 1862 as one hundred twenty thousand soldiers assembled close by Warrenton, Virginia. Burnside, who inherited the Army of the Potomac from Major
General George B. McClellan when McClellan first received Washington's orders, led a forcible army that was completely the opposite of his predecessor. The writer offers an overview of the Battle of Fredericksburg. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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