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General Ambrose Burnside was the reluctant new commander of the Army of the Potomac. He had been a friend of the deposed General George B. McClellan and President Lincoln asked him more than once to take over the Army of the Potomac. Burnside finally accepted. Much to President Lincoln's delight, a straight forward norther attack could be mounted against Richmond.
Burnside made the error of falling into the trap of assaulting dug in Southern troops north of Richmond at Fredericksburg. Reportedly, President Lincoln wired him to start an all out assault on the wall protecting Southern troops. His forces also received fire from artillery high on a bluff outside the city. Between ten and twelve assaults by the Union were attempted in late December of 1862. The results were a terrible defeat for Burnside's army.

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