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Fredericksburg Campaign C55 |
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Because he had moved too slowly to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was relieved of his command of the Army of the Potomac by President Abraham Lincoln. McClellan was replaced by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Determined to act boldly, Burnside reorganized his army and marched it to Fredericksburg, where he planned to strike south around Lee’s right flank toward Richmond. Delays in crossing the Rapphannock River enabled Lee to confront Burnside there, then defeat him in a bloody battle on 13 Dec. 1862 -- a battle neither general had intended to fight.
Department of Historic Resources 1997
US 29 (southbound) near Rt. 615, north of Warrenton. Marker is next to marker C9. Fauquier County Virginia.
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