Operations of the Left Wing at the Battle of Fredericksburg

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Excerpt from Operations of the Left Wing at the Battle of Fredericksburg: December 13, 1862 When General Burnside took up his position on the northerly side of the Rappahannock Opposite Freder icksburg, his Grand Divisions were stationed in the order of their numbering from right to left. Sumner's command fronted the town, and extending somewhat above, formed the right wing. Franklin's command fronted the heights below the town from about opposite Deep Run to Massaponax creek, and formed the left wing. Hooker's command occupied the ground be tween and in support of either wing. The ground on the north side of the river was high, and approached it so closely as to dominate the river plain on the south erly side until its boundary was reached in the line of heights starting from Taylor's opposite Beck's Island in a southwesterly bend of the river above, and stretching down in rear of F redericksburg to Hamilton's on the Massaponax. The low ground in front of these heights, and on which Fredericksburg was situated, was so com manded by Burnside's numerous and well-placed artil lery that it was an impracticable position for hostile troops, and available for their maneuvering only at cer tain and great loss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.