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With nearly 200,000 combatants—the greatest number of any Civil War engagement—Fredericksburg was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. It featured the first opposed river crossing in American military history as well as the Civil War’s first instance of urban combat. How it ended. Confederate victory.
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Battle of Fredericksburg, (December 11–15, 1862), bloody engagement of the American Civil War fought at Fredericksburg, Virginia, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Battle of Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 - April 14, 1861- First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861
- Battle of Fort Donelson February 13, 1862 - February 16, 1862
- Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack March 9, 1862
- Battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862 - April 7, 1862
- Second Battle of Bull Run August 29, 1862 - August 30, 1862
- Antietam
- Chancellorsville
- Battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863 - July 3, 1863
- Second Battle of Fort Wagner July 18, 1863
- Battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864 - May 7, 1864
- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 8, 1864 - May 19, 1864
- Battle of Cold Harbor May 31, 1864 - June 12, 1864
- Battle of the Crater July 30, 1864
- Battle of Mobile Bay August 5, 1864 - August 23, 1864
- Battle of Nashville December 15, 1864 - December 16, 1864
- Battle of Five Forks April 1, 1865
- Battle of Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865
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Coordinates: 38°17′58″N77°28′14″W38.2995°N 77.4705°W. The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
Nov 9, 2009 · The Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, involved nearly 200,000 combatants and is remembered as one of the most significant Confederate victories.
Dec 12, 2018 · This map shows the positions of some of the Union forces that advanced against Marye’s Heights during the battle of Fredericksburg. Positions of Humphreys’ Division, Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1862 and December 14th, 15th, 16th, 1862.
Feb 24, 2023 · The Battle of Fredericksburg would become one of the largest battles of the war in terms of the sheer number of soldiers fighting: estimates place the number around 200,000 men. “View of Fredericksburg, Va. Nov. 1862,” E. Sachse & Co, 1863.
