Fredricksburg.(ignore someone cant spell)
its actually spelled Fredericksburg...
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Fredricksburg.(ignore someone cant spell) its actually spelled Fredericksburg...
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Fredericksburg, in Virginia. December, 1862.
Major General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker succeeded General Burnside as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Hooker was the third general Lincoln had as the leader of the North's premier army.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeated the forces of Union General Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg. The defeat was due to the bad tactics of Burnside, who under the command of Lincoln, urged Burnside to begin a frontal assault. It was a disaster for the Union.
Major General Ambrose Burnside was replaced by Major General Joseph Hooker because of the disastrous Battle of Fredricksburg in December of 1862. Also for the failed attack on Lee's army in early 1863.
Not long after Major General Ambrose Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac in the Fall of 1862, he formulated a battle plan which he sent to President Lincoln for approval. Burnside's approved plan was to march to Fredericksburg, just beyond General Lee's right flank, crossing the Rappahannock River on pontoons. His ultimate goal was to assault Richmond and he counted on supplies ferried to him by the Union Navy.
In 1862 the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, pitted the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac. General Robert E. Lee commanded the former army and General Ambrose Burnside commanded the latter army. As it turned out, it was a rushing defeat for the North and it premier army, the Army of the Potomac.
After Antietam (Sept 17, 1862) when McClellan once again believed he needed time for his troops to rest. President Lincoln replaced him (on Nov 7) with General Ambrose Burnside. That was the end of McClellan's service as a Union military leader. As an aside, General Burnside felt uncomfortable replacing George B. McClellan. He had been loyal to him, also, he was not sure the command of the Army of the Potomac would be a fit for his abilities.
After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln decided to replace General McClellan as the top military commander with general Ambrose E. Burnside. On November 3rd of 1862, Lincoln made this important change in the Union's military forces.
He tried to outflank Lee, to force another battle, but he was defeated by the weather. Burnside's 'Mud March' demoralised the troops so badly that he was removed from command.