Table of Contents

Burnside Takes Command
Commanders and Armies
Chronology
Moving to Winter Quarters
15 November through 10 December
Orders of Battle
The wait: 10–12 December: Burnside’s Plan of Attack
The Six Assaults: 13 December (Sumner’s Front)
Franklin’s Front and Meade’s Attack
The Final Union Assault On Marye’s Heights That Never Was
The Closing Moves
Gaming Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Today
Bibliography and Further Reading

About the Author

Carl Smith has had a life long fascination with many aspects of the military history of the United States. A specialist writer of many years experience, Carl has worked for several popular military magazines. He has written several volumes on the key battles of the Civil War in Osprey's Campaign series. Carl lives and works in Virginia, USA.

Adam Hook studied graphic design at art college and began his illustrating career in 1983. He has worked with a variety of educational publishers covering various subjects within the fields of history and natural history. For Osprey he has illustrated numerous Campaign and Warrior titles. Adam lives and works in Sussex, UK.