"A Chicken Could Not Live on That Field When We Open On It"

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“A Chicken Could Not Live on That Field When We Open on It”

Battle of Fredericksburg, December 11-15, 1862.

President Abraham Lincoln was pressuring his Generals for a Union victory before the year came to an end in 1862. Commanding General of the Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Burnside’s plan was to march on Richmond, Virginia, the Capital of the Confederacy. In order to achieve that, Burnside needed to go through Fredericksburg.

By the end of the battle, over 13,000 Union soldiers laid dead on the outskirts of Fredericksburg. That was twice as many casualties as the opposing Confederate Army. The question remains, what happened that ended up being so deadly for the Army of the Potomac?

Join local Civil War historian Cindy Beaston to take a closer look at what happened at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862.