War So Terrible: The Battle of Fredericksburg

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Capt. Henry Abbott leads men of the 20th Mass. Inf. up Caroline Street in Fredericksburg, 11 Dec. 1862. (2) Col. Adelbert Ames (L) and LTC Joshua Chamberlain lead the 20th Maine forward at Fredericksburg. (3) Confederate gunners on Willis Hill pound away at attacking Union columns from their positions above Fredericksburg, 13 Dec. 1862. (4) Firing from behind the stone wall on the 'bloody road' at Fredericksburg. (5) Fredericksburg street fighting, Dec. 1862. (6) An Act of Compassion at "the Wall" in Fredericksburg. (7) "In the Hands of Providence.--Col. Joshua Chamberlain at Fredericksburg, Va., 13 Dec. 1862. (8) Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton at Fredericksburg, 15 Dec. 1862. (9) Kershaw's Brigade assaulting at Fredericksburg. (10) Maj. John Pelham and his two-gun battery hold the left flank at Fredericksburg against Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday's division, 13 Dec. 1862.

Lt Col Charlie Brown SGT Mary G. Sgt (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SPC Jon O. Sgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen F. GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Douglas Bolton MAJ Hugh Blanchard LTC John Griscom LTC (Join to see) Col (Join to see) LTC Charles Blake COL Randall C. CPT Kevin McComas CPT Richard Trione MSgt Dee Ann P. MSG Robert "Rock" Aldi LTC Martin Metz

I got to walk that battlefield with an Army historian...well worth the visit

Fredericksburg left such a mark on the Federal troops that after Pickett's charge was repulsed, the Federal troops were yelling "Fredericksburg" at the Confederates.