Fredericksburg+Outcome

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**The Facts **
 * In the end the south(confederates) ended up victorious in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
 * This was one of the main battles that led up to the grandaddy of all battles, The Batttle of Gettysburg.
 * The win at Fredericksburg gave General Lee the false sense of security, this is why the south attacked at Gettysburg; This was the tunring point of the war so Fredericksburg is a huge deal.
 * Fredericksburg was one of the most lopsided battles in the civil war, the confederacy completely detroyed the North. This hurt the morale of the Union severely.
 * 18,000 were killed in this one sided blood bath.
 * People around the USA were affected by the deaths and injuries inflicted in this battlle
 * Fredricksburg was not a big battle but not a little battle. The outcome of this and of Chancellorville.
 * Two Union generals were mortally wounded, George D. Bayard and Conrad F. Jackson.
 * Confederate generals Maxcy Gregg and T. R. R. Cobb were both severly injured.
 * This battle made the North extremly hungry for a victory and the south extremly happy and crazed with excitement and pride.
 * To be exact on the number of caualties, the Union army suffered 12,653 (1,284 killed, 9,600 wounded, 1,769 captured/missing).
 * Where as the Confederate army lost 5,377 soliders (608 killed, 4,116 wounded, 653 captured/missing).