Fredericksburg

Examples of Fredericksburg in the following topics:

• The Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Fredericksburg was one of the most one-sided battles and the first instance of urban combat during the American Civil War.
  • The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E.
  • Burnside's plan was to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in mid-November and race to the Confederate capital of Richmond before Lee's army could stop him.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg: The Army of the Potomac crossing the Rappahannock in the morning of December 13, 1862, under the command of Generals Burnside, Sumner, Hooker, and Franklin
  • Burnside's troops came under heavy fire while trying to cross the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg.

• The Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg.
  • Combined with the Union force facing Fredericksburg, Hooker planned a double envelopment , attacking Lee from both his front and rear.
  • In his Fredericksburg headquarters, Lee was initially in the dark about the Union intentions.

• Emancipation

  • Many Catholics in the North had volunteered to fight in 1861, sending thousands of soldiers to the front and taking high casualties, especially at Fredericksburg; their volunteering fell off after 1862.

• Women and the War

  • She served in close proximity to several large-scale and well-known battles, such as Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Second Bull Run.