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With the last show we wrapped up our discussion at the fighting at the Battle of

Fredritzberg.

On December 13th, 1862, and there are salts against Marie's heights just outside the

town, and during their attack against Prospect Hill down on the southern part of the battlefield,

the federal said suffered over 12,500 casualties while Confederate losses totaled less than

6,000 men.

On the night of December 15th, 16th, shielded by darkness and a storm, the army of the

Potomac withdrew across the Rapa Hannack.

The federal's left behind a good number of the wounded, those two badly injured to be

moved, and then so many dead Yankees still littered the battlefield that Robert E. Lee took

the unprecedented step of asking Burnside to send burial parties back across the river

to inter the bodies.

Reflecting upon the useless slaughter in front of Marie's heights and the lost opportunity

down at Prospect Hill, the Lieutenant Colonel of the 116th Pennsylvania concluded that

Fredritzberg was, quote, the saddest hour that the army of the Potomac ever knew.

The federal's best and really only chance to win the battle had revolved around their

nearly successful breakthrough on the southern part of the battlefield when they pierced Stonewall

Jackson's line.

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