. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . easures. He now arranged BURNSIDE IA COMMAND. 161 It in three grand divisions, under the orders of Sumner,Hooker, and Franklin; and a body of reserves wasformed, under the command of General Sigel. It wasdecided to make a demonstration on the Rappahannock,to march rapidly down the north-eastern bank of thatriver, to cross by means of pontoons at Fredericksburg,and to advanceon Richmondby HanoverCourt , afew days later,
. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . easures. He now arranged BURNSIDE IA COMMAND. 161 It in three grand divisions, under the orders of Sumner,Hooker, and Franklin; and a body of reserves wasformed, under the command of General Sigel. It wasdecided to make a demonstration on the Rappahannock,to march rapidly down the north-eastern bank of thatriver, to cross by means of pontoons at Fredericksburg,and to advanceon Richmondby HanoverCourt , afew days later,Sumner was or-dered to marchon Fredericks-burg, followedby Franklin andHooker. Theright rear ofthe army was tobe protected bythe cavalry un-der GeneralPI ea sa nton,while Sigel wasto guard theUpper Poto-mac, and to oc-cupy the directroute between Gordonsville and Washington. The success of the plandepended on the rapidity with which it was carried out;but there proved to be delays that were not calculated on Jackson being still west of theBlue Ridge, and on Lee having no knowledge of thescheme by which he was to be out-manceuvred. In. :xVi^.Jr,F^5crr AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE. 162 THE BATTLES FOR THE UNION. these respects he was mistaken; and the consequencewas another miscarriage, in addition to those which hadgone before. Fredericksburg.—Lee had received information ofBurnsides projects, and a portion of his army had con-sequently moved on a parallel line to that of the Unionforces. The movements of his detachments wereexecuted with greater quickness than those of Sumnerand his colleagues, and the Confederate batteries werealready posted at Fredericksburg, on the southern sideof the Rappahannock, when, on November 20, Sum-ners troops arrived at Falmouth, on the northern was evident, therefore, that Fredericksburg could notbe occupied without an engagement, and that theundisputed advance on Richmond, which it had beenhoped to accomplish, was no longer
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