Thanks for the link. I seen Of War and Generals movie before, it has portrayal of the Fredericksburg battle. When I watched it I thought it was an exaggeration. It is incredible that men could actually attack in such situation.
If Wiki is correct neither Burnside nor his commander of the first grand division actually taken look at the field were they ordered attack. That sounds like gross incompetence. Hooker did and tried to convince Burnside not to continue. I also wonder what about actual Brigadiers who were in charge. Were they not able to send word up? or were they not listened to? Perhaps this is a modern view, that probably comes from Moltke and his thinking that tight control of the army was impossible and officers need to have freedom to act on the intention of the commander as applicable. I guess I am curious if the same sort of thing applied to Gettysburg. At what level did commanders actually rode around and looked at the terrain enemy disposition etc.
Do you have any books to recommend?
Also sure if you have a good list of museums I would love to have it for the future. I would definitely be interested in anything outside (so Gettysburg park is on the list) also any museums that have good collections of the weapons from the period, muskets, pistols, sabers etc. I also wonder if there are any resources or places were you can walk/hike the length of one of forced marches(something leading to Gettysburg perhaps)? I would love to load a pack and walk it an then endup on the field.