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Death of General Cobb – Irish Brigade on Mayre’s Heights – Assault of the PA Reserves – 20th Massachusetts and the street fight – Stonewall Jackson’s artillery

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• The Battle of Fredericksburg
• Preface: The Battle of Fredericksburg Revisited: Theodore P Savas
• Introduction: William Marvel
• “Busted up and Gone to Hell": The Assault of the Pennsylvania Reserves at Fredericksburg: Frank A. O’Reilly
• “The Glorious Light Went Out Forever": The Death of Brigadier General Thomas R. R. Cobb: David L. Preston
• “The Breath of Hell's Door": Private William McCarter and the Attack of the Irish Brigade on Marye’s Heights: An Unpublished Memoir: edited by Kevin E. O'Brien:
• “A Severe Day on the Artillery”: Stonewall Jackson’s Artillerists and the Defense of the Confederate Right: Gregory A. Mertz
• Across the River and into the Streets: The 20th Massachusetts Infantry and the Fight for the Streets of Fredericksburg: Richard F. Miller and Robert F. Mooney
• The Preservation Report
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