Blood on the Rappahannock : the battle of Fredericksburg, essays on Union and Confederate leadership

The building blocks of Civil War armies -- regiments -- are universally short-shrifted in modern literature. This unique series provides readable, meticulously researched and footnoted articles by leading scholars in their field. Each volume, originally published as a periodical, contains in-depth well-documented essays on units, commanders, and issues of strategy and tactics, all supported by custom-drawn maps. Each 102+ page paperback book contains photos and illustrations, book reviews, and an index. Civil War Regiments ia an on-going, non-partisan Civil War series with deeply researched articles on all theaters of war.Contains articles on various aspects of Federal General Ambrose Burnside's overlooked and disastrous winter battle in and around one of America's most historic cities.