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Confederate
dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights,
Fredericksburg, Virginia
, killed during the
Battle of Chancellorsville
, May 1863. The battle pitted the
Union
Army of the Potomac
against a force half its size, the
Army of Northern Virginia
. Despite the odds,
Robert E. Lee
's tactics ensured a Union defeat.
Photo credit:
Andrew J. Russell
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