General Burnside's campaign at Fredericksburg did not go as planned, in part because the battle introduced obstacles his men had never before encountered. General Burnside's troops reach the ...

In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and ...

When traveling to battlefields I try to get as close to the annual date as possible, allowing me to get a sense of the season in which battle was fought. Fredericksburg happened in mid-December.