56: The Battle of Fredericksburg and the First Campaign of Vicksburg
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Ambrose's Plan for the Battle of Richmond
Lincoln administration had already given its blessing to a different path for moving on Richmond back when Little Mac was in command. Ambrose sends this bold plan up the chink to Henry Ollbrains-Halleck. Despite rain, severe fatigue, and harassing fire from Calvary led by Confederate General most likely to be mistaken for a Renaissance cosplayer, Judge Stewart, Ambrose's advance corps makes the 40-mile track in two days. The rest of his 120,000 soldiers are there within four.
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