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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 ...
First at the Battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13, 1862, during which they launched an attack up Marye's Heights under their brigade commander Col. Samuel K. Zook. Their second taste of combat was the Battle of Chancellorsville, on May 1, 2 and 3, 1863. On May 3, eight out of 10 companies making up the 27th were captured after fighting a ...
The 11th saw combat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia in December 1862. [4] [5] The regiment also saw action at the following battles: Battle of Fredericksburg - December 12–13, 1862; Battle of Chancellorsville - May 3, 1863; Salem Heights, Virginia - May 3, 1863; Battle of Chancellorsville - May 4, 1863; Battle of Gettysburg - July 2 ...
Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George. It was assigned to General J.G. Walker's and Corse's Brigade and fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg.
Maxcy Gregg (August 1, 1814 – December 15, 1862) was an American lawyer, soldier in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg and died two days later.
The 127th Pennsylvania included recruits mainly from Harrisburg and its environs. The regiment was mustered in on August 16, 1862, and first commanded by Colonel William W. Jennings.
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Reconnaissance from Sharpsburg to Smithfield, Va., October 16–17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30 – November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12–15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 – May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5.