INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX.

Includes maps of: First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) and the Peninsular Campaign; Second Battle of Manassas and the Antietam Campaign; Stuart's Ride; President Lincoln's Strategic Concept; Virginia Theater of Operations; Situation November 7-9, 1862; Valley of the Rappahannock, Showing Lee's Dispositions on December 10; Battle Area; Situation Just Before Dawn on December 13, 1862; Actions on the South Flank Up to About Noon, December 13; Attack of Reynolds' Corps, Actions up to About 1:30 P.M.; Confederate Counterattack, Situation About 2:30 P.M.; Actions on the South Flank from About 3 P.M. to Dark; Actions on the North Flank, About 11 A.M. to Noon; Situation on the North Flank from About Noon to 1 P.M.; Situation on the North Flank from About 2:30 P.M. to Dark.

The rise and fall of George B. McClellan -- The Virginia theatre of operations -- Lincoln tries another general -- Strategy of the Fredericksburg campaign -- The case of the missing pontoons -- Agonizing interlude -- The curtain rises slowly -- Confederate countermeasures -- Over the river : at last! -- Federal failure on south flank -- Slaughter at the Stone Wall -- The depressing aftermath of battle -- Burnside's last effort -- The disintegration of a general -- An appraisal of Fredericksburg.