Chapter 15-5
Decisive Battle The Tides Turn After the Norths victory in the battle of Antietam in 1862 the war again had been going bad for the Union Once again bad leader ship so McClellan was replaced by General Burnside In December 1862 Burnside led 120000 right toward Richmond but Lee had 75000 block there path in Fredericksburg Virginia General Burnside had ordered his men to charge the Union suffered 13000 casualties and the Confederates suffered about 5000 After Lincoln had replaced Burnside with General Hooker In May 1863 Hookers army was destroyed by an army half its size But this victory for the South had a terrible cost during the battle Stonewall Jackson was shot and wounded a few days later Jackson had died
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