Burnside ordered a frontal assault on Marye's Heights. What motivated him to do something like this? Washington was urging and pressuring him to act and gain victories. Burnside simply did not have the abilities needed to be a commanding general. The plan had been approved by the president. He thought it was the only idea that would work.

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Branden Hahn

25 May, 18:38

Burnside ordered a frontal assault on Marye's Heights. What motivated him to do something like this? Washington was urging and pressuring him to act and gain victories. Burnside simply did not have the abilities needed to be a commanding general. The plan had been approved by the president. He thought it was the only idea that would work.

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Jeremiah Peters · Answer 1

The correct answer is B) Burnside simply did not have the abilities needed to be a commanding general.

Burnside ordered a frontal assault on Marye's Heights. What motivated him to do something like this was that Burnside simply did not have the abilities needed to be a commanding general.

Let's have in mind that President Abraham Lincoln had already offered him the Union's Army Command in 1862. Lincoln had many problems and conflicts with the original commander, General George B. McClelland. But Burnside rejected the offer. on November 7, 1872, Lincoln removed McClelland and put Burnside on command. This probably cost Lincoln and the Union the Battle of Fredericksburg of December 13.