Battle of Fredericksburg

**Fredericksburg** is the first mission in the Union side of the game *The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided.*

## Walkthrough

The mission starts off with a commanding officer telling you that the Union
needs to take and hold the bridge so they all could be home by Christmas.
A cannon blast goes off next to you and soldiers fly about. Then one of the
crappiest spoken lines in a video game is delivered. It's right up there
with the original Resident Evil on PlayStation.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Take the bridge and advance forward.

Turn slightly to the left and run past the wagon. In typical Civil War
fashion, the commanding officer says to fling your bodies at the enemy and
do what needs to be done. So, keep advancing over the hill towards the
wagons where a firefight with roughly seven enemy soldiers is occurring.
Stick to the cover and take them out.

They will eventually start charging you. Fight them back and advance to
the wall they were behind. When you approach the wall, more soldiers will
begin to come over the bridge. Take the soldiers out from the wall. A
few waves of them will come, so just sit tight until they're all dead.

Once the troops are dead, at the wall, turn to the left and walk to the
corner next to the windmill. There should be a dead soldier with a document
in his hand. Look at it and press the A Button. You just recovered the
hidden picture for Fredericksburg.

Now, advance over the bridge and up the dirt path stopping at the wagon to
the right of the bridge opening for rifle ammo and a med-kit if needed.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Find your commanding officer.

As you round the corner of the road, there will be a soldier crouching down.
Three more are off in the distance advancing past a burning house.
Approach the crouched man and he will inform you that the entire brigade is
going to advance through there and the cannons must be destroyed.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Eliminate the cannon encampment.

Walk to the left side of the burning building to find a secret area with some
grenades. Return to the right side of the building and move up to the wagon.
If you attempt to hide behind the left wagon, it will roll away to the right
to provide more cover there. You can manually do this by removing the rock
on its wheel with the A Button.

Either way, you will need that wagon to the right for cover. So take out
some of the Confederate soldiers and make a run for the wagon and set it off
to the right. Take cover behind this when it is settled to the right. Now,
I just crouched here and eventually a Confederate soldier charged around the
corner of it. I killed him and then ran around the wagon on the right. All
the Confederates were paying attention to my men advancing in front of them
and I was able to kill all of them without taking a hit. Don't know if that
will work for you, but it did for me. Anyway, you need to advance on the
barricade they have set up. At least one soldier will run out from behind
the burning church looking structure.

Walk to the wagon behind the barricade and look to the left. Take your time
to aim and kill all of the cannon crews to complete the objective.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Find some explosives to clear the way.

Behind the wagon you should probably be standing at, there is a med-kit and
rifle ammo. Take if needed and then go to where the cannons are.

This is a good area to earn some kills. Look to the left at this building
on the hill past the spiked barricade. Confederate troops keep coming out
from behind it. You can spend a good amount of time here earning some kills
for the Pistoleer, Private, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel, and
General achievements.

Eventually they will stop and that means you need to head to the star on the
compass for the explosive barrel. This is behind the house when you
approached the cannon area directly to the left of the wagon in the same area.

Grab the explosives and walk to the right of where you grabbed them behind the
wagon. There is a barricade with a transparent red barrel. Go up to it and
look at the red barrel then press the A Button to plant the explosives. Run
away and wait for it to explode.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Eliminate the enemy cannons.

Head through the opening you just created and head down the path toward the
cannon and barricade. As you approach, four soldiers will come out and
attack you. Just kill them and continue up the path past one wagon towards
another wagon next to a fence. Be careful as you approach as a small band
of Confederates are waiting in a defensive position for you.

Quickly take cover behind the wagon where there is a med-kit for you.

What I did was threw a few grenades over the wagon and then stuck my head
out and began taking shots. Union soldiers joined me from a hill to the
right behind the troops I was shooting at.

However it goes down, kill the troops and advance to the wooden wall and
move towards your fellow soldiers.

Ignore the wagons here. One has a rock to be removed and explosives in it.
Ignore it because it'll just get you hurt and your soldiers killed.

Continue along through the wagons and cannons around the small bend. More
Union soldiers will jump the fencing to help you assault the enemy up the
hill.

Run back to avoid the burning explosive barrels the Confederate roll down
the hill at you. Your soldiers will take the Confederates out allowing you
to move up the hill safely with your health.

You will see Union soldiers on a barricade shooting to the left as you walk
up. Move to the barricade and the wagon in front of them explodes killing
them. Take cover behind this barricade and shoot two Confederates on the
building beyond the fence that you saw while approaching this area.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Bring down the enemy flag.

This is the final push for Fredericksburg. Take out the soldiers that are
firing at you and move up barricade by barricade. Pay attention to the
hill on your right over the fence as Confederate will appear there
occasionally.

The overturned wagon on the left has rifle ammo and a med-kit, so get them
if need be and continue your march to the enemy encampment.

When you get to the wagon on the right side, Confederate soldiers will
appear from the woods on the right behind the barricade there. They will
keep coming as do the men in front of you. This is a decent spot to hold
up for kills until they stop.

In the distance is a cannon to the left of the flag. Feel free to aim and
take the crew out.

When approaching the clearing before the camp, stay to the right near the
white tent. If you go to the left, a Gatling gun will chew you up along
with about 10 to 15 Confederate soldiers. Stay back next to the white
tents and take out the Confederates while the Union soldiers assault from
the left. This keeps the enemy distracted while you can aim and shoot for
kills.

When no more Confederate soldiers can be seen and your boys are milling
about, move out past the tents towards the flag. The Gatling gun crew
should be dead which is why your fellow troops weren't doing anything.

When you get near the flag, another 5 or 6 troops will appear. Just kill
them and approach the flag.

You will see two FMA sequences. One of the Confederate flag being lowered
and then one of the American flag being raised up.

This marks the end of the Battle of Fredericksburg.