Battle of Fredericksburg

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major American Civil War engagement in December 1862, marked by a decisive Confederate victory and massive Union casualties during repeated frontal assaults against fortified Southern positions in Virginia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Battle of Fredericksburg	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Marye's Heights ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
campaign	Fredericksburg campaign ⓘ
casualtiesConfederate	about 5000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
casualtiesUnion	over 12000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
cause	Union attempt to seize Richmond via Fredericksburg ⓘ
commander	Ambrose Burnside ⓘ surface form: Ambrose E. Burnside Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ James Longstreet ⓘ Joseph Hooker ⓘ Robert E. Lee ⓘ Stonewall Jackson ⓘ surface form: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson William B. Franklin ⓘ
confederateCommanderTitle	Robert E. Lee ⓘ surface form: General Robert E. Lee
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnd	1862-12-15 ⓘ
dateStart	1862-12-11 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
front	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Army of the Potomac ⓘ surface form: Union Army of the Potomac
frontType	river crossing operation ⓘ
hasParticipant	Cobb's Brigade (Confederate) ⓘ Irish Brigade (Union) ⓘ Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
locationDetail	Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights ⓘ surface form: Marye's Heights Prospect Hill ⓘ Rappahannock River ⓘ
notableEvent	delay in arrival of Union pontoon bridges ⓘ repeated Union attacks on stone wall at Marye's Heights ⓘ urban combat in Fredericksburg streets ⓘ
notableFeature	assaults on Marye's Heights ⓘ massive Union frontal assaults ⓘ strong Confederate defensive positions ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
place	Fredericksburg ⓘ surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia
precededBy	Battle of Antietam ⓘ
result	Confederate victory ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
strategicImpact	boosted Confederate confidence ⓘ lowered Union morale ⓘ
strengthConfederate	about 75000 soldiers ⓘ
strengthUnion	about 120000 soldiers ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	failed Union assaults ⓘ
unionCommanderTitle	Major General Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

From Manassas to Appomattox → describesEvent → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → engagedIn → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Battle of Antietam → followedBy → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Rappahannock River → historicalEvent → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Battle of Fredericksburg

Army of Northern Virginia → notableBattle → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Winfield Scott Hancock → notableBattle → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Stonewall Jackson → notableWork → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

James Longstreet → participantIn → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Old Pete → participatedIn → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

subject surface form: James Longstreet

Battle of Chancellorsville → precededBy → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Confederate States Army → significantBattle → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

Fredericksburg → siteOf → Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia