Under whose leadership did the Union army suffer a crushing defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Under whose leadership did the Union army suffer a crushing defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg? Correct Answer Ambrose Everett Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside was a Union general in the American Civil War who was the originator in the United States of the fashion of side-whiskers (later known as sideburns). When McClellan was removed from the command of the Army of the Potomac (Nov. 7, 1862), Burnside was chosen to replace him. After a crushing defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg (December), Burnside was replaced by General Joseph Hooker (Jan. 26, 1863).