Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

George C. Rable (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

688 Seiten

2012 | New edition
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-7269-7 (ISBN)

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During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, ""Give them Fredericksburg!"" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier, clearly loomed large in the minds of Civil War soldiers.

Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. Confederate general Robert E. Lee suffered roughly 5,000 casualties but inflicted more than twice that many losses--nearly 13,000--on his opponent, General Ambrose Burnside. As news of the Union loss traveled north, it spread a wave of public despair that extended all the way to President Lincoln. In the beleaguered Confederacy, the southern victory bolstered flagging hopes, as Lee and his men began to take on an aura of invincibility.

George Rable offers a gripping account of the battle of Fredericksburg and places the campaign within its broader political, social, and military context. Blending battlefield and home front history, he not only addresses questions of strategy and tactics but also explores material conditions in camp, the rhythms and disruptions of military life, and the enduring effects of the carnage on survivors--both civilian and military--on both sides.

George C. Rable holds the Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at the University of Alabama. He is author of Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism, The Confederate Republic: A Revolution against Politics, and Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!, which won the Lincoln Prize.

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1. Armies
Chapter 2. Politics
Chapter 3. Strategy
Chapter 4. Marching
Chapter 5. Delay
Chapter 6. Camp
Chapter 7. History
Chapter 8. Discontent
Chapter 9. Preparations
Chapter 10. Crossing
Chapter 11. Orders
Chapter 12. Artillery
Chapter 13. Breakthrough
Chapter 14. Attack
Chapter 15. Perseverance
Chapter 16. Futility
Chapter 17. Retreat
Chapter 18. Carnage
Chapter 19. Wounds
Chapter 20. News
Chapter 21. Recrimination
Chapter 22. Winter
Chapter 23. Freedom
Chapter 24. Morale
Chapter 25. Mud
Epilogue
Order of Battle
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Reihe/Serie	Civil War America
Verlagsort	Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1015 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8078-7269-5 / 0807872695
ISBN-13	978-0-8078-7269-7 / 9780807872697
Zustand	Neuware