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pre dawn pontoon laying
union engineers went up to the river bank. workmen from two new york regiments constructed a pair of bridges at the lower crossing, and pushed the upstream spans more than halfway to the fight bank. -
dawn - noon fighting
a brigade of mississippians opened fire on the union soldiers who were trying to complete the bridges. the job of the mississippians was to delay any attempt to negotiate the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg. The union side tried nine desperate times to complete the bridge, but everytime was a failure. -
afternoon returning fire
shortly after noon, hunt gave the signal to return fire. this continued for almost two hours, durring of which nearly 8,000 projectiles were "thrown" into the air. -
after dusk retreat
the courageous mississippians finally withdrew their main line of men, the bridge builders completed their work, and the potomac entered fredericksburg. -
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battle of fredericksburg timespan
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pillaging
the morning of december 12th was a foggy, cold morning. burnside was calling in reinforcements, but instead of organizing a battle, he diceded to raid and loo the houses all day. -
early morning attack
Burnside issued orders to asslut agains jacksons troops. which is followed by an advance against Marye's Heights. -
8:30: marchng
meade's men began a march straight towards jacksons front line. -
dusk: confederate arrests
durring this time, the union artillery successfully arrested the confederate troops. -
late morning upset
the federal commander discarded his strategy, and instructed sumners grand division to move to attack. -
assult at noon
sumners first assult was made arround noon on december 14th. -
evening withdrawl
on the evening of december 15 1862, Burnside inteligently withdrew his troops to stafford heights, dissmantling the bridges he had built behind him. the battle of fredericksburg has finally come to an end. and in the end, it was a loss for the federal army. -
burnside's relief
roughly six weeks after the battle of fredericksbug, Ambrose E. Burnside was relieved by president abraham lincoln. Meaning that he was no longer in charge of the Potomac army.