The Fredericksburg Campaign: Drama on the Rappahannock
The Fredericksburg Campaign: Drama on the Rappahannock
Stackpole Books | 1991 | ISBN: 0811723372 | English | 340 pages | PDF | 45.5 MB
The Army of the Potomac's defeat by General Lee. A classic reference. General Stackpole's The Fredericksburg Campaign is a solid work that serves as a good departure point for further study of the campaign. Since there is no other campaign history of Fredericksburg written in the 20th century (there is in fact only one other, written in 1882) which makes Stackpole's book invaluable in and of itself. The major historians, Catton, Foote, and McPherson do not devote more than a few chapters to the subject. While Catton devotes portion of a book, but it is unsatisfactory as a campaign history. Gary Gallagher has recently edited a book of essays of various elements of the battle but again, it is not a campaign history.