We don't tend to talk a lot about the aftermath of these battles, but what must it have been like to survey or even worse, be assigned to cleanup the death and injury of a major Civil War Battle. I would think it would be at this time, along with being in combat, that the common soldier would most want to be back home.

Jim

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One of the most one-sided battles of the Civil War, the Battle of Fredericksburg cost the Army of the Potomac 1,284 killed, 9,600 wounded, and 1,769 captured/missing. For the Confederates, casualties were 608 killed, 4,116 wounded, and 653 captured/missing. Of these only around 200 were suffered at Marye's Heights. As the battle ended, many Union troops, living and wounded, were forced to spend the freezing night of December 13/14 on the plain before the heights, pinned down by the Confederates. On the afternoon of the 14th, Burnside asked Lee for a truce to tend to his wounded which was granted.