A tour of the Fredericksburg Battlefield from the documentary The Civil War Tour. On November 7, 1862 General Burnside takes command of the Union Army and immediately sets it in motion toward Fredericksburg Virginia. The goal to capture the Fredericksburg and the road to Richmond. Union troops swiftly move to Fredericksburg and on December 13 they attack Confederate troops on the heights west of the city. The attack becomes a massacre for Union troops.
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