The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock by Francis Augustin (Frank) O'Reilly.  Winner of the Richrd Barksdale Harwell Book Award, the Daniel Laney Book Award, the James I. Robertson, Jr., Book Award, and the Capitol District Civil War Round Table Book Award.  
 

The battle of Fredericksburg,  Virginia in December of 1862 involved hundreds of thousands of men: producing staggering unequal casualties, ruined the career of Ambrose E  Burnside; embarrassed Abraham Lincoln and distinguished Robert E Lee as one of the greatest military strategists of his era.