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Battle of Fredericksburg

United States of America · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1862Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1862

Ambrose Everett Burnside13 December 1862

Fredericksburg · Warfare / Civil War

Leads the Northern army of 113,000 defended by Jackson with 75,000. Fails to capture Fredericksburg

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson13 December 1862

Fredericksburg · Warfare / Civil War

Fredericksburg is defended by Jackson with a southern army of 75,000. Burnside leads a Northern army of 113,000 but fails to capture Fredericksburg

James Ewell Brown Stewart13 December 1862

Fredericksburg · Warfare / Civil War

Supports Jackson at Fredericksburg

Names involved

Ambrose Everett BurnsideJames Ewell Brown StewartThomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

Provenance

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