Fredericksburg

It was here in this pretty northern Virginia town that the war took a particularly ugly turn. The Union army was not having much success against the CSA, so Lincoln and his generals decided to take the war to the southern economy. Since the South wasn't an industrial power, it's strength lay in the towns and farms where food and provisions were made and in the agricultural products sold to purchase arms.
At Fredericksburg, General Burnside was given the authority to assault the town, even though Lee's defenders were on the higher ground beyond the community. Union forces were repulsed and suffered tremendous losses against Lee's fortifications, but they pillaged and burned the town along the way. While the tactic had a profound effect on southern productivity in the coming years, it also fomented a hatred for the Yankees that can still be found today without looking too hard or deep.

The Sunken Road defenses that Burnside hurled waves of Union troops against at tremendous cost and unsuccessfully. One of the places where Marina wondered why. And how you could keep going when you were stepping over your dead and dying comrades.