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Old 12-27-2005, 12:53 AM
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Default Book Recommendations on Fredericksburg

Would very much appreciate any book recommendations you all might have regarding the first battle of Fredericksburg (December '62).

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Old 12-27-2005, 11:14 AM
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Fredericksburg has been adequately covered in O'Reilly's The Fredericksburg Campaign; Winter War on the Rappahannock; LSUP, 2003. Stackpole and Gallagher have covered it as well. For the multiple view, Gallagher has edited a collection of essays in The Fredericksburg Campaign, NCUP.

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Hi Ole -

Thanks for your comments. I'm actually looking for something as detailed as possible. I saw the O'Reilly book and it seemed to get pretty good reviews over on Amazon. Doesn't seem like there are a whole lot of books out on Fredericksburg (as a single entity); however, the battlefield is not far away from me and perhaps their bookstore might have some obscure military treatise on it. I'm looking particularly for information on Marye's Heights...but I still want the whole of Fredericksburg.
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