The Battle of Fredricksburg

Battle of Fredericksburg The next few pages explain why Fredericksburg is tragic. Why is this a huge morale booster for the South, it is a disappointment for the north. It all began in 1862. General George McLean currently controls the Potomac Army. When McLen was determined to be a bad general, in December 1862 he was replaced by General Ambrose Burnside. Within a week, Burnside decided to start a campaign to the South Parliament House for Richmond. He told him that the plan of Lincoln and Lincoln was approved, but told Burnside that the only way to win is to act quickly.

Their brother James W Hooker - he was married to William's bride's sister Emily Jane Simmons, a local girl - was killed in the battle of Fredriksburg in 1863. In the same year, William was arrested in the fight of Gettysburg. He was detained by prisoners in Delaware prisons and was released after the surrender of Appomattox in the south in 1865. The Concorde Baptist Church was founded in 1875 adjacent to the Cemetery of the Old Fort and the ruins. The congregation did the first service at the log cabin on the east side of the Melonville - Orlando Road (Highway 17) in the Lake Concord. Under the guidance of Pastor John Henry Hayman, this temporary chapel was quickly replaced by a large wooden church.

Two years have passed since the first Bulls fight in the Gettysburg fight. There were many battles during this period. They are Shiloh, Seven Pines, The Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Stones River, and Chancellorsville. In these fights, the result is decisive or victory in the south. After these big fights, Lee decided to move his army north to Pennsylvania considering surrounding Washington. This danger is obvious to the Federation and the alliance has forced the army to retreat to prevent Lee's movement to the north. This laid the foundation for the Gettysburg fight.