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The battle of Fredericksburg was also fought by the norterns and the southerns. the war began on December 13, 1862. McClellan was fired for the second time for being to caution and General Ambrose Burnside was appointed General.Burnside had a simple plan to march his army of about 122,000 men straight in Richmond and walk pass their enemies to throw them of track.Lee which was ahead of the southerns spreaded his troop along the river. in the end the Union suffered more losses than the Confederate. The casualities in the war was ab.out 18,000 in all. The northerns casualities were 13,000 while the southerns had only 5,000 casualties. After this battle Burnside asked to be relieved of his command and Lincoln turned to Joseph Fighting Joe. the Battle of Chancellorsville began on May 1, 1863. The fight lasted for a little while when Joe called for them to pull back to get more prepared. that night Jackson aand a few other southerns went to to se the conditions of the northerns and when he returned they were mistakeing to be the enemies. Jackson had been hit with three bullets and had to have his arm amputated. Stuart finally led the Confederate army to their victory. Jackson died on may 10, from complications.About a year later the Battleof the Wilderness took place. The battle was so fierce that woods caught fire. This caused it to get very smokie and many of the wounded died from catching fire. Unable to see many soiders killed their own kind mistakeing them for the enemy. Also in this section Abraham Lincoln was Assinated.