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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 ...
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 ...
July 1–3 Battle of Gettysburg: July 26 Ordered to Point Lookout, Md. with duty there guarding prisoners until April 7, 1864. 1864: April 7 Moved to Yorktown then to Williamsburg: May 4–28 Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond: May 9–10 Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church) May 12–16
The Forgotten Charge: The 123rd Pennsylvania at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books), 2002. ISBN 1-5724-9292-9; Attribution. This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
At the Battle of Fredericksburg, the regiment formed part of the force which briefly pierced the Confederate right, losing 250 out of 550 men, including Major Bradley, who was mortally wounded. After the battle, the Reserves division was sent back to Washington, and the regiment was reassigned to the 1st Brigade, Third Division, I Corps .
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.
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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.