Marye's HeightsPen and Sword, 31. dec. 1990 - 160 strani This volume covers the actions, units and personalities of this key section of the Fredericksburg battlefields and describes and detail the area as it was in 1862 and the national part that occupies the site today. |
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Introduction | 7 |
1 The Road to Fredericksburg | 9 |
2 The Soldiers the Commanders the Battlefield | 21 |
3 The Icy Streets of Death | 39 |
4 The Lost Day | 55 |
5 A Checkmate on the Heights | 67 |
6 A Terrible Uproarthe Ordeal of Hancock and Howard | 93 |
7 A Terrible and Bloody Climax | 111 |
8 The Unions Darkest Day | 121 |
Fredericksburg Battlefield and Tours | 125 |
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advance Ambrose Burnside Army of Northern artillery assault on Marye's attack battle of Fredericksburg battlefield began bloody blue-coated soldiers bluecoats Burnside's campaign Civil Cobb Colonel Confederate defenders Confederate line Confederate soldiers corps commander Darius Couch December 13 Deep Run Creek deployed Edwin Sumner's enemy ericksburg Falmouth Federal army fence fields fighting fire force Franklin Fredericksburg campaign French's front Georgians Grand Division Grand Division commander guns Hamilton's Crossing Hancock Harper's Weekly high ground infantry insisted Irish Brigade Jackson James Longstreet Lafayette McLaws Lee's Lincoln major Marye House Marye's Heights McClellan Meagher miles Monument National Cemetery officers ordered Pennsylvania pontoon bridges position Potomac Prospect Hill railroad Rappahannock River Rebel line regiments Richmond ridge right flank Robert shells side stone wall Stonewall streets of Fredericksburg sunken road Telegraph Road town of Fredericksburg troops Union army Union soldiers units USAMHI volley watched William Franklin's winter wounded Yankees yards