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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VI:—Virginia. (search)
ll the positions can be easily defended. At the beginning of December the rain had been succeeded by cold, and winter had set in with unwonted severity; then the weather became suddenly mild. Every day toward noon the sun dispersed the thick fog which gathered along the watercourses during the night; it thus eventually dried up the muddy roads of Virginia, and seemed to invite the Federals to renew the campaign. Burnside determined to take advantage of this intermission, and on the 8th of December gave all the necessary orders for forcing the passage of the Rappahannock at Skinner's Neck; but, having learned that Jackson was awaiting him behind some entrenchments that had been hastily thrown up, he gave up the project, nor did he think of looking out for a passage above Fredericksburg. In ascending the river, starting from Taylor's Hill, the right bank is precipitous and easy to defend, and soon after is covered with wood, which becomes thicker and thicker as one approaches the