Fredricksburg+Outcome

Fredericksburg Home Page The outcome of the battle of Fredericksburg was very devastating and bloody to both the Union and the Confederate Army but ultimatly resulted in a Confederate victory. The Union army sustained heavy casualties that ammounted to about 13,000 KIA's, MIA's, and wounded soldiers while the Confederate Army only suffered 5,5000 KIA's, MIA's and wounded. In the end the Union army retreated back across the Rarappahannock river due to the failure of their frontal assult on the heavily entrenched Confederate Army. But the Union's genenal, General Burnside, blamed his subordinates for the deafeat because he wanted to launch another attack after their first failure but they talked him out of it. Then he wanted to move upriver and attack but again it was shot down by Abraham Lincoln and he was later removed from his position and replaced by Joseph Hooker. In the end it was a huge victory for the Confederacy and the Union became weaker and left the war effort in the east crippled due to lack lack of ability, planning and morale after this dreadful battle.
 * __The Outcome of The Battle of Fredericksburg:__** ​