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battle of Fredericksburg
battle of Fredericksburg in the Civil War, fought Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. In Nov., 1862, the Union general Ambrose Burnside moved his three "grand divisions" under W. B. Franklin, E. V. Sumner, and Joseph Hooker to the north side of the Rappahannock River opposite Fredericksburg... Read more
battle of Chancellorsville
battle of Chancellorsville May 2-4, 1863, in the American Civil War. Late in Apr., 1863, Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, moved against Robert E. Lee, whose Army of Northern Virginia (less than half the size of Hooker's) had remained entrenched on the south side of the Rappa... Read more
Rappahannock
Rappahannock , river, 212 mi (341 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge Mts., N Va., and flowing generally SE to Chesapeake Bay. It is navigable to Fredericksburg. In the Civil War much fighting took place in the vicinity of the Rappahannock and the Rapidan, its largest tributary (see Bull Run , secon... Read more
John Fulton Reynolds
John Fulton Reynolds 1820-63, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Lancaster, Pa. He distinguished himself in the Mexican War. In the Civil War, Reynolds was made (Aug., 1861) a brigadier general of volunteers. In the Seven Days battles (July, 1862), he was captured at Gaines's Mill but was ... Read more
Edwin Vose Sumner
Edwin Vose Sumner 1797-1863, American soldier, Union general in the Civil War, b. Boston. He fought in the Black Hawk War and in the Mexican War. Made colonel of the 1st Cavalry in 1855, he was commander of Fort Leavenworth during the disturbances (1856) in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery... Read more
Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker 1814-79, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Hadley, Mass. After fighting the Seminole and serving in the Mexican War, Hooker resigned from the army in 1853 and was for several years a farmer in California. At the outbreak of the Civil War he became a brigadier general of volu... Read more
Ambrose Everett Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside 1824-81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War, b. Liberty, Ind. He saw brief service in the Mexican War and remained in the army until 1853, when he entered business in Rhode Island. In the Civil War, Burnside commanded a brigade at the first battle of Bull Run and was mad... Read more
George Gordon Meade
George Gordon Meade 1815-72, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cádiz, Spain. Graduated from West Point in 1835, he resigned from the army the next year and became a civil engineer. In 1842, Meade reentered the army in the corps of topographical engineers. He served in the Mexican W... Read more
James Longstreet
James Longstreet 1821-1904, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Edgefield District, S.C. He graduated (1842) from West Point and served in the Mexican War, reaching the rank of major. At the outbreak of the Civil War he resigned from the U.S. army and became a Confederate brigadier ge... Read more
James Ewell Brown Stuart
James Ewell Brown Stuart (Jeb Stuart), 1833-64, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War, b. Patrick co., Va. Most of his U.S. army service was with the 1st Cavalry in Kansas. On Virginia's secession, Stuart resigned (May, 1861) and became a captain of cavalry in the Confederate army... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " Battle of Fredericksburg"

Fredericksburg, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Fredericksburg, Battle of (1862).After repelling the...Potomac had been withdrawn from Fredericksburg. Although the battle had cost the Confederates over...Stonewall” Jackson at Fredericksburg: The Battle of Prospect Hill , 1993. Gary... Read more
battle of Fredericksburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition in the Civil War, fought Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. In Nov., 1862, the Union general Ambrose Burnside...the north side of the Rappahannock River opposite Fredericksburg; his objective was Richmond. Delay in bringing...Rappahannock (1957); V. E. Whan, Jr., Fiasco at Fredericksburg (1961); J. ... Read more
Fredericksburg
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Fredericksburg City on the Rappahannock River, n Virginia, USA. Planned in 1727, the many historic landmarks make it a major...Washington , including the site of the signing of a 1775 resolution of American Independence. The US Civil War battle of Fredericksburg (1862) was a victory for the 72,500-strong ... Read more
Chancellorsville, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Chancellorsville, Battle of (1863).After the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg , President Abraham...000 men to hold Lee at Fredericksburg and took 90,000 across...Gen. Jubal Early at Fredericksburg with 10,000, and sent... Read more
battle of Chancellorsville
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Rappahannock River after the battle of Fredericksburg . Hooker, with four corps...located 10 mi (16 km) W of Fredericksburg; he sent John Sedgwick...Church, 5 mi (8 km) W of Fredericksburg. There, part of Lee's...Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle (1958); J. Luvaas and...S. Army Guide ... Read more
Seven Days' Battle
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Seven Days' Battle (1862).In response to Union Gen. George B. McClellan 's...reinforcements from Gen. Irvin McDowell, advancing from the north via Fredericksburg. A bridgehead across the river was maintained by a single...Robert E. Lee replaced Johnston, who had been wounded in battle. Lee faced a situation ... Read more
Stones River, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Stones River, Battle of (1862–63).Stones River—also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro—was one of the costliest engagements...for the North. Occurring after costly Federal defeats at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, the morale...Tennessee , 1980. Peter ... Read more
Rappahannock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Chesapeake Bay. It is navigable to Fredericksburg. In the Civil War much fighting took...largest tributary (see Bull Run , second battle of; Fredericksburg, battle of ; Chancellorsville, battle of ; Brandy Station ; Wilderness campaign... Read more
Hood, John Bell
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...x201D; in the Seven Days' Battle , Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, being promoted to major general in October 1862. At the Battle of Gettysburg he was severely...eight days, he fought three battles. The Confederates lost because...hofield's force escaped, and at the Battle of ... Read more
Burnside, Ambrose Everett
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Everett (1824–81) US Civil War general. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run (1861). Burnside led the Army of the Potomac in the Union defeat at Fredericksburg (1862). He was relieved of command of the 9th Corps following Petersburg... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Battle of Fredericksburg"

Fredericksburg, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History FREDERICKSBURG, BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, BATTLE OF (13 December 1862), the scene...Confederate sharpshooters out of Fredericksburg, and crossed to the southern bank, where he drew his lines for battle on 13 December. The Confederate... Read more
Chancellorsville, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...CHANCELLORSVILLE, BATTLE OF (1 –...entrenched near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Beginning...10,000 men at Fredericksburg under Gen. Jubal...opposing armies took battle position on lines...Civil War ; Fredericksburg, Battle of ; Pennsylvania... Read more
Kimball, Nathan
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...army officer, born in Fredericksburg, Indiana. Kimball assumed...command in an 1862 battle with Gen. Stonewall...distinguished himself at Fredericksburg (1862), where he was...directing his men at the battle of Peachtree Creek...participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville... Read more
Lane, James Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...led a brigade at the battles of Fredericksburg (1862) and Chancellorsville...Carolina regiment at the battle of Malvern Hill and in the Seven Days' battles (both 1862). After participating...Harpers Ferry and the battles of Second Bull Run and... Read more
Maury, Dabney Herndon
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Herndon (1822–1900) Confederate army officer, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Maury was commander of the District of the Gulf...Earlier in the conflict he had performed admirably at the battle of Pea Ridge (1862) and commanded a division at Corinth (1862... Read more
Mahone, William
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...in the fighting around Petersburg (1864), when, at the Battle of the Crater , he led the counterattack that restored...Robert E. Lee . Previously Mahone had taken part in the battle of Seven Pines and the Seven Days ' battles (1862), as well as First Bull Run (1861) (at which he was wounded), ... Read more
Jenkins, Micah
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Island, South Carolina. Jenkins saw action in several major battles of the Civil War , from First Bull Run (1861), through the Seven Days' campaign (1862), Second Bull Run (1862), Fredericksburg (1862), Chickamauga (1863), and on up to the Battle of the Wilderness , during which he was struck by ... Read more
Maryland, Invasion of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...BIBLIOGRAPHY Johnson, R. U., and C. C. Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 2. Edison, N.J.: Book Sales, 1985. McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York: Oxford...1988. Thomas Robson Hay / a. r. See also Antietam, Battle of ; Bull Run, Second Battle of ... Read more
Devens, Charles, Jr.
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Devens participated in the Peninsular Campaign (1862) and in the battles of Fair Oaks , Fredericksburg (both 1862, where his command covered the army's retreat across the Rappahannock River), Chancellorsville... Read more
Virginia Campaigns
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the Civil War was fought on 21 July 1861 at the first Battle of Bull Run. In a confused mêlée the CONFEDERACY...York rivers to capture Richmond, but in the Seven Days Battle (26 June–2 July) he was forced to withdraw by...x201D; Jackson pinned down Union forces. The second Battle of Bull ... Read more

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Hite, Sid. The journal of Rufus Rowe; a witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, Virginia, 1862.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 9/1/2003; ; 128 words ; ...shelters him, about his friendship with a slave, George, and about his return home after the horrible battle he has witnessed at Fredericksburg. This is a good addition to the shelf of Civil War novels for middle-school students. Read more
The savage south: lessons of an American insurgency.(Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War By Nicholas Lemann Farrar, Straus and Giroux...almost as completely as they can be in the pitch of organized battle. A significant disclosure to the reader: I am not an objective...wounded at Bull Run and went on to fight at Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, ... Read more
Rebels on the Hudson.(Hudson, New York; Confederate battle flag on car bumper prompts reflection)
Magazine article from: National Review; 1/29/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...stickerage, including a Confederate battle flag. Now the pickup wasn't passing...pure fluke, because I've seen other battle flags in the area. If this were the...a big Kentucky diaspora), then the battle flag would be one thing: a regional...and Greene counties, they served from Fredericksburg to ... Read more
The battle of Falmouth. (county supervisor election in Falmouth, Virginia)
Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Virginia, three miles north of the historical mecca of Fredericksburg, but 50 miles south of the White House. When we purchased...projects in the making: the airport, the interchange, a Fredericksburg beltway and a sprawling industrial park. Recurring themes... Read more
The crucible: how the Iraq disaster is making the U.S. Army stronger.
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Union soldiers die during the bloody battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee said...a defeat--America decisively won the battle of tanks and artillery; but has yet...arrayed itself to fight one massive land battle in Europe; pos-conflict reconstruction... Read more
(book reviews)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/1995; ; 667 words ; The battle of Chancellorsville...kept the pressure on Fredericksburg. Hooker's maneuver caught...fought the rest of the battle in a befuddled state...Heights. This second battle of Fredericksburg gave Hooker a chance... Read more
Civil War Titles.(books)(Book review)
Magazine article from: ForeWord; 7/1/2008; ; 554 words ; ...by a general in a single battle is bestowed upon Ambrose...Donald Winkler for defeat at Fredericksburg. Burnside ordered the taking...arrangement of significant battles and the generals who received...printing casualty lists at the battle of Fredericksburg and the postwar debate on... Read more
Memoranda during the War.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 602 words ; ...among the casualties of the Battle of Fredericksburg, he left New York for Virginia...Missionary to Hospital, Camp, and Battle Ground'. What is remarkable...8) on his first arrival at Fredericksburg, to his closing summing up of... Read more
Seasons of War: The Ordeal of a Confederate Community, 1861-1865.
Magazine article from: National Review; 11/6/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...is thirty miles west of Fredericksburg where I live. To get there...route, Culpeper does not have battle of in front of its name. No battle was ever fought in Culpeper...where they retreated after battles, where they set up their... Read more
Plaque marks Civil War site for training.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 5/15/2009; 535 words ; ...some of the most important battles of the Civil War, including Antietam, Ball's Bluff, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Battle of the Wilderness, and Cold...Confederate flags captured in battle by the 15th Regiment will...lost a leg below the knee in battle, recuperated for 16 months... Read more