The Battle of Fredericksburg

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1. On what day did Major General George B. McClellan depart the Army of the Potomac for the final time, having been replaced by Major General Ambrose Burnside? November 28, 1862 November 10, 1862 October 3, 1862 December 13, 1862

2. Burnside moved the Army of the Potomac to what small town across the Rappahannock river from Fredericksburg? Falmouth Culpeper New Market Port Royal

3. The first division of the Army of Northern Virginia to reach Fredericksburg (on November 20, 1862) was commanded by which man? John B. Hood A.P. Hill William Barksdale Lafayette McLaws

4. Lieutenant General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's men were officially incorporated into the Army of Northern Virginia as the Second Army Corps in late 1862. By what name had they been known before that time? Army of the Shenandoah River Army of the Valley Army of Northwest Virginia Jackson's Foot Cavalry Division

5. Which Union officer suggested to General Burnside that a portion of the Army ought to cross the Rappahannock near Fredericksburg before the Confederates managed to mass their army near the town? Brigadier General Samuel Zook Major General Darius Couch Major General Joseph Hooker Major General Winfield Scott Hancock

6. Who was the wartime mayor of Fredericksburg who refused the Union demand that the city be surrendered to the Army of the Potomac? Montgomery Slaughter Albert Eliot James Stooley John Maubry

7. Fredericksburg lay on which strategically important railroad stretching through central Virginia? Aquia, Culpeper & Fredericksburg Railroad Richmond, Fredericksburg & the Potomac Railroad Manassas, Fredericksburg & Petersburg Railroad The Rappahannock Central Railroad

8. While the Army of Northern Virginia was organized into two Corps, or Wings, the Army of the Potomac was organized into three "Grand Divisions": Right, Left, and Center. Who commanded the Left Grand Division? William Franklin Joseph Hooker Edwin Sumner George G. Meade

9. When Federal troops began to cross the Rappahannock River into Fredericksburg on December 11, 1862, the Confederates under James Longstreet rushed into defensive positions on which line of hills west of town? Massaponax Heights Rappahannock Ridge Embry's Bluff Marye's Heights

10. Engineers from which state laid most of the pontoon bridges on which the army would cross? Pennsylvania New York Maryland Ohio

11. When Confederate snipers delayed the pontoon bridges, troops from which man's brigade were landed on the far shore to drive away the enemy? Samuel Zook Norman Hall Thomas Meagher Henry Hunt

12. Federal artillery on which line of hills pummeled the town of Fredericksburg while the Federals attempted to cross the river? Marye's Heights Stafford Heights Falmouth Ridge Rappahannock Cliff

13. After the Federals took the city of Fredericksburg and Barksdale's Mississippi troops retreated to join the rest of the Confederate army, the Army of the Potomac crossed in full on December 12, 1862. What did the troops do on that day that made history? Arrested all of the inhabitants nothing Summarily executed the town's mayor Mercilessly sacked the town

14. The major action of the battle occurred on December 13. In an attempt to turn Stonewall Jackson's line on the Confederate right, Federal troops assaulted a gap in Jackson's main line. Whose brigade was surprised and forced to retreat by this attack? Thomas Cobb Maxcy Gregg Richard Garnett John Brokenborough

15. Jackson's line on Prospect Hill held against assaults from which two Union divisions? Meade & Doubleday Gibbon & Meade Doubleday & Reynolds Reynolds & French

16. When attacks on Stonewall Jackson's line failed, the focus of the Union effort was mounted against Longstreet's corp on the hills that governed the Confederate left. Whose Federal division was the first thrown at the heights? French Sturgis Hancock Howard

17. Which Confederate artillery unit on the heights west of Fredericksburg fired on Union divisions as they marched forward to attack? The Danville Artillery The Atlanta Guns The James River Battery The Washington Artillery

18. When attacks by division after division of Federals were all stalled, Federal troops were pinned down by fire and forced to remain on the field through 2 long, cold winter nights. On the night of December 14-15, what did they see in the sky over the field? A full moon The Aurora Borealis rain clouds Reconnaissance balloons

19. Confederate troops under Thomas R.R. Cobb held a line below Marye's Heights that repulsed the Federal attacks. What did his men use as cover from Federal fire? A hollow Stacked fence rails. A small rise in the land A stone wall and a sunken road

20. After withdrawing back across the Rappahannock in defeat, the Federal army counted losses of nearly 13,000 men. Burnside, held personally responsible, planned to embark on a campaign to redeem himself the next January by marching his army northwest, crossing the river, and engaging Lee's forces there. This plan failed. What was it dubbed by both sides? Burnside's Folly Burnside's Mud March The Great Skedaddle Burnside's Boondoggle