MAPS OF HISTORY · The American Civil War · ALL CHAPTERS · Fredericksburg
Battle site · The American Civil War, 1861–1865
Fredericksburg
13 Dec 1862 — Burnside sends fourteen brigades against a stone wall on Marye’s Heights; 12,600 Union casualties buy nothing at all. Lee, watching: “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”
This is one scene of Chapter 6 — Antietam and Emancipation in The American Civil War, 1861–1865.
SEE THIS MOMENT MOVE ON THE MAP →New here? Chapters 1–2 of every atlas are free to sample, and the WW2 atlas is free in full. One membership opens all ten — the Cartographer’s Circle.
IN THE SAME CHAPTER
THE DISPATCH
One short letter when a new atlas opens — and the printable study guide for The American Civil War is yours now, free.
NO TRACKING · YOUR ADDRESS IS USED FOR THE DISPATCH AND NOTHING ELSE · UNSUBSCRIBE ANYTIME