ls advised him not to do so. Even if Burnside decided to attack, General Lee was ready. Burnside didnt fight, but he did bury his dead men. Longstreets men killed 9,000, and all together 12,653, men died. The Confederates had half the amount of casualties.Fredericksburg was one of the worst battles in history; so many died and many mistakes were made. The time that General Burnside wasted was unnecessary; he could have used it to try to get a better position. Even after the South was all set up and it looked impossible for Burnside to win, he decided to try anyway. All of the mistakes Burnside made could have been avoided, so it was Burnsides entire fault for this big disaster. I think that General Burnside was out-of-line; he was being very nave by ordering more troops up the hill when he knew they would die. For these reasons, Fredericksburg was a morale booster for the South and a man-killer for the North....
