Fredericksburg!

by George C. Rable

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807872695
• ISBN13: 9780807872697
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"