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The battle for the Slaughter Pen became, in essence, the true Battle for Fredericksburg. Upper River Crossing on the Rappahannock (Robert Shenk) Union and Confederate armies clashed on the field south of Fredericksburg on December 13, creating one of the most sobering milestones in Civil War history.
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. The battle’s outcome—a crushing Union defeat—immeasurably strengthened the ...
The Battle of Fredericksburg carried consequences large and small, expected and unexpected. The defeat helped spark a political crisis in which Republican senators nearly succeeded in driving Secretary of State William H. Seward from the cabinet.
Nov 13, 2022 · Within two days, the 38 year-old Indiana native proposed abandoning McClellan's sluggish southwesterly advance in favor of a 40-mile dash across country to Fredericksburg. Such a maneuver would position the Federal army on the direct road to Richmond, the Confederate capital, as well as ensure a secure supply line to Washington.
Feb 12, 2021 · The Battle of Fredericksburg at the end of 1862 was perhaps the Confederacy’s most lopsided victory of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, charged with aggressively pursuing and destroying General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, instead led his own Army of the Potomac to what was perhaps ...
Nov 13, 2009 · On December 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia repulses a series of attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The...
Mar 17, 2024 · Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862, Civil War, Summary, Importance. December 11–15, 1862. The most one-sided Confederate victory in the American Civil War, the Battle of Fredericksburg, was fought in and around the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia, from December 11 to December 15, 1862.
