History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2126 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Fredericksburg
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The idea
Ambrose E. Burnside replaced McClellan and failed at Fredericksburg in December eighteen sixty-two, where Confederates held the heights above the town.
In practice
Artillery on the heights devastating his force as it advanced.
Where people slip
Northern morale suffered badly and Joseph Hooker took command in January eighteen sixty-three. Lincoln also disliked McClellan personally, who had called him a baboon.
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