Strategically, the Eastern Theater was arguably the most important battleground of the Civil War; comprising the states of Virginia ... Lee instructed sharpshooters to stand at the rear of ...

Burnside's plan was to cross the river quickly at Fredericksburg, Virginia, surprising General ... on the morning of December 11, Confederate sharpshooters open fire. Union artillery at Stafford ...

Rosencrans and the Union troops were led to the summit by a young man, 22-year-old David Hart, whose father owned the farm ...