The pontoons which Burnside needed for the river-crossings had gone astray, and by the time they arrived, Lee had had the opportunity to reinforce the small numbers of troops occupying the high ground.
Burnside led the Union troops.
General Ambrose Burnside
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General Ambrose Burnside ordered that suicidal charge up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg.
The US Civil War Battle of Fredricksburg will be remembered as a significant victory for the South and a horrible defeat for the Union. The most brutal aspect of the battle was the continued Union frontal assaults against Confederate defenses.
There is 114,ooo Union Soldiers.
Robert E. Lee (confederate) and Ambrose Burnside (union)
south won! ewww union soo shoulda won.
This question is miscategorized. Marye's Heights was at Fredricksburg not Antietam.
the confederate army won the battle of Fredricksburgh in 1862. General Robert E. Lee led the battle. and after the win of Fredricksburgh and chanceellorsville he was confident in invading the North.
The union troops, were about 90,000 strong.