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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 ...
Map of Fredericksburg II Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. Confederate casualties totaled 700 men and four cannons. Early withdrew with his division two miles to the south, while Wilcox withdrew westward, slowing Sedgwick's advance.
October 15, 1966. Designated VLR. January 16, 1973 [4] Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and elsewhere in Spotsylvania County, commemorating four major battles in the American Civil War: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania.
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Beauregard takes Charleston Federal fort in the first battle of the American Civil War. May 18 –19, 1861. Battle of Sewell's Point. Virginia. D. Inconclusive. Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery. May 29 – June 1, 1861. Battle of Aquia Creek.
The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant 's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 ...
Battle of Fredericksburg order of battle: Union. The following Union 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 Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
As a result, several battles were fought in the area: Northern Virginia Campaign, August 7– August 28, 1862. Confederate. Union. City of Fredericksburg: First Battle of Fredericksburg. Second Battle of Fredericksburg. Clarke County: Battle of Cool Spring.