Article: Civil War Titles.(books)(Book review)

Work Title: Civil War Titles

Work Author(s): Alex Moore

History

Byline: Alex Moore

One of the Goat Awards for the "worst performance by a general in a single battle" is bestowed upon Ambrose E. Burnside by historian H. Donald Winkler for defeat at Fredericksburg. Burnside ordered the taking of Marye's Heights, but it resulted in "ghastly carnage": "We marched up against a shower of shot and shell," said a Union soldier, "and what a horrible sight it was to see men mowed down by the dozens." Burnside fielded 106,000 troops compared to Robert E. Lee's 75,000, but suffered the loss of 12,000 men compared to half that of the Confederates. ...

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