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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign. [1] [2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.
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The first engagement that the unit participated in as part of the Texas Brigade was the Battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862. [17] The regiment was not engaged at Chancellorsville, being detached with the rest of Longstreet's Corps at Suffolk. [17]
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.The combat between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched ...
Private Benjamin W. Varnell of Co. B, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment with plumed had. 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted RiflemenState service, March 4, 1861 - mid-April 1861. Confederate service, mid-April 1861 - mid-April 1862 as the First Regiment, Texas Mounted Riflemen, also known as the First Texas Mounted Rifles (mustered out at the expiration of the enlistme
Frank Bowden Chilton, Company H, 4th Texas Inf. Before the Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 December, the Texas Brigade underwent a reorganization, so that it included the 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas, and the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiments. The brigade was lightly engaged in the battle, losing only one killed and four wounded.
The Fredericksburg variation is a living-history event which celebrates the signing of the 1847 Meusebach-Comanche Treaty. [17] While the treaty was signed after Easter, the final negotiations were completed on March 1 and 2, with Easter of 1847 occurring on April 3.
Casualties were high on both sides, and the battle is classed as a draw. Grant withdrew, but only in order to force another battle in more open country. Exhibit shelters, staffed on a seasonal basis. Spotsylvania – May 8–21, 1864; Key crossroads which Grant hoped to occupy, to keep his army between Lee and the Confederate capital Richmond.