The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The combat between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched Confederate lines, hurling themselves against a feature of the battlefield that came to be remembered as the 'sunken wall' on the heights overlooking the city. It is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the war, with Union casualties more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates. A visitor to the battlefield described the battle as a "butchery" to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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Union soldiers entrenched along the west bank of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia
ViewofFredericksburg1863
"Attack on Fredericksburg. Dec. 1862." (cropped)
FranklinCrossingFredericksburg1862
Battle of Fredericksburg, Laying the Pontoon Bridge by Boston Public Library
Burial of the Dead, Fredericksburg - photograph by Andrew Joseph Russell (MET, 33.65.119)
A shattered caisson, Fredericksburg, Va LCCN2013649038
Carl Röchling - The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 02 Page 129
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Commons commons image ViewofFredericksburg1863
Commons commons image "Attack on Fredericksburg. Dec. 1862." (cropped)
Commons commons image FranklinCrossingFredericksburg1862
Commons commons image Battle of Fredericksburg, Laying the Pontoon Bridge by Boston Public Library
Commons commons image Burial of the Dead, Fredericksburg - photograph by Andrew Joseph Russell (MET, 33.65.119)
Commons commons image A shattered caisson, Fredericksburg, Va LCCN2013649038
Commons commons image Carl Röchling - The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
Commons commons image The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 02 Page 129
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Union soldiers entrenched along the west bank of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia
ViewofFredericksburg1863
"Attack on Fredericksburg. Dec. 1862." (cropped)
FranklinCrossingFredericksburg1862
Battle of Fredericksburg, Laying the Pontoon Bridge by Boston Public Library
Burial of the Dead, Fredericksburg - photograph by Andrew Joseph Russell (MET, 33.65.119)
A shattered caisson, Fredericksburg, Va LCCN2013649038
Carl Röchling - The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 02 Page 129
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