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Civil War | The Fires at Home | 4

American History Tellers

CHAPTER

The Death of Lincoln

Lincoln faced growing discontent within his own government. Critics attacked him for forcing Burnside to wage a campaign he could not win. The bloody defeat at Fredericksburg caused a crisis of morale in the north. One Wisconsin officer wrote, This Winter is indeed the Valley Forge of the War.

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