. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. Battle-fields of Virginia,Maryland, and Pennsylva-nia. 378 THE CIVIL WAR. the north was checked, and he fell back across thePotomac. McClellan Removed.—McClellan was so slow in follow-ing as to cause great dissatisfaction among the people of theNorth. This feeling was shared by the government, and inNovember McClellan was removed from his command andreplaced by General Burnside, who had proved himself abrave and able commander. Unfortunately for him, how-ever, he was influenced by the severe criticisms of McClel-lan
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. Battle-fields of Virginia,Maryland, and Pennsylva-nia. 378 THE CIVIL WAR. the north was checked, and he fell back across thePotomac. McClellan Removed.—McClellan was so slow in follow-ing as to cause great dissatisfaction among the people of theNorth. This feeling was shared by the government, and inNovember McClellan was removed from his command andreplaced by General Burnside, who had proved himself abrave and able commander. Unfortunately for him, how-ever, he was influenced by the severe criticisms of McClel-lans inactivity and resolved to show himself more , The Battle of Fredericksburg.—He marched hastily toFredericksburg, hoping to reach there in advance of Lee, r. OONFEDBRATE WORKS AT but on his arrival he found the Confederates posted on thehills back of the town. It was now December. Heavyrains had swollen the Rappahannock River so that it couldnot be crossed without pontoons. These were slow inarriving, and by the time they reached the army attack wasalmost hopeless. THE EAST IN 1862. 379 But Burnside, feeling that he was expected to fight,crossed the river on December 12, and on the followingday attacked the Confederates on the heights. It was adesperate attempt. The slaughter was frightful and theeffort soon found to be hopeless. From behind a longstone wall the Confederate fire mowed down the Federalforces in thousands. In the end they were obliged to re-treat, after losing more than twelve thousand men. Soonafter, Burnside was removed from his command, and re-placed by General Hooker. The Proclamation of Emancipation.—The years strug-gle in Virginia had been almost uniformly disastrous to theUnion forces. The battle of
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