HHH Week 48 - The Battle of Fredericksburg and its Legacy
“It is well that war is so terrible” said Robert E. Lee, as he surveyed the Fredericksburg battlefield, “(or) we would grow too fond of it.” This week on History Happy Hour, host historians Chris Anderson and Rick Beyer welcome Pulitzer prize-winning author John Matteson to talk about his new book on the impact of this cataclysmic battle, "A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed the Nation." The book focuses on how it affected five extraordinary individuals (including Oliver Wendell Holmes and Walt Whitman) and led to profound repercussions in the country’s law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Fredericksburg’s enduring legacy, Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, the spot where history is always on tap.