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===Fredericksburg===
===Fredericksburg===
Lincoln removed McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac due to his general’s ineffectiveness at following and destroying the Confederate forces which left Antietam, and over his protests, ordered Burnside to take over on November 7, 1862. Disagreement over plans to take Richmond between Burnside, Army Chief Major General Henry Halleck, and Lincoln, caused a delay in Burnside’s crossing of the Rappahannock River, so that Confederate General Robert E. Lee was allowed considerable time to arrange his forces on the heights of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Burnside’s attack on December 13, mismanaged nearly everywhere, resulted in a disasterous retreat, and a second attempt to go after Lee in January resulted in the derisive “Mud March”. In a letter to Lincoln, Burnside demanded the resignation of several officers who were openly insubordinate during the march, or he himself would resign; Lincoln rejected the former and accepted the latter; Burnside was relieved of command, and transferred to Ohio.
Lincoln removed McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac due to his general’s ineffectiveness at following and destroying the Confederate forces which left Antietam, and over his protests, ordered Burnside to take over on November 7, 1862. Disagreement over plans to take Richmond between Burnside, Army Chief Major General Henry Halleck, and Lincoln, caused a delay in Burnside’s crossing of the Rappahannock River, so that Confederate General Robert E. Lee was allowed considerable time to arrange his forces on the heights of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Burnside’s attack on December 13, mismanaged nearly everywhere, resulted in a disastrous retreat, and a second attempt to go after Lee in January resulted in the derisive “Mud March”. In a letter to Lincoln, Burnside demanded the resignation of several officers who were openly insubordinate during the march, or he himself would resign; Lincoln rejected the former and accepted the latter; Burnside was relieved of command, and transferred to Ohio.
===Minor successes===
===Minor successes===