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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"

battle of Fredericksburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition battle of Fredericksburg in the...fought Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. In Nov., 1862...Rappahannock River opposite Fredericksburg; his objective was Richmond...Whan, Jr., Fiasco at Fredericksburg (1961); J. Luvaas and...S. Army Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville and...
Fredericksburg, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Fredericksburg, Battle of (1862).After...Confederates at the battles of Antietam , Perryville...proposed to move toward Fredericksburg, Virginia, as...been withdrawn from Fredericksburg. Although the battle had cost the Confederates...
Fredericksburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...home of John Paul Jones. Fredericksburg is the seat of Mary Washington...his boyhood home), and Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields...commemorating the Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville , and...
battle of Chancellorsville
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...located 10 mi (16 km) W of Fredericksburg; he sent John Sedgwick...Church, 5 mi (8 km) W of Fredericksburg. There, part of Lee...Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle (1958); J. Luvaas and...S. Army Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg (1989).
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...
Stones River, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Stones River, Battle of (1862–63...x2014;also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro—...costly Federal defeats at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Chickasaw...Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River , 1990...
Seven Days' Battle
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Seven Days' Battle (1862).In response to Union Gen...McDowell, advancing from the north via Fredericksburg. A bridgehead across the river was...replaced Johnston, who had been wounded in battle. Lee faced a situation identical to...
Burnside, Ambrose
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...Burnside fought at the Battle of Antietam , where his slow...Potomac. The unsuccessful Fredericksburg campaign gave Burnside the...command an army. His move to Fredericksburg had merit, but a bureaucratic...Causes and Consequences of the Fredericksburg Campaign , 1995. George...
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...brigadier general. At the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, when...Richmond campaign. Seven Days Battles Jackson then joined his forces...Richmond and began the Seven Days Battles to defend the Confederate...from the field in the Second Battle of Bull Run on June 30. Harpers Ferry, Sharpsburg, ...
Robert Edward Lee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...thoroughly defeated John Pope at the second battle of Bull Run (Aug. 29-30). McClellan...Joseph Hooker were brutally repulsed in the battles of Fredericksburg (Dec. 13; see Fredericksburg, battle of ) and Chancellorsville (May 2-4...

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Fredericksburg, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History FREDERICKSBURG, BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, BATTLE OF (13 December 1862), the scene of a decisive...his objective. General Robert E. Lee outmarched him to Fredericksburg and placed his army of about 78,000 on the high ground...
Chancellorsville, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CHANCELLORSVILLE, BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE...was entrenched near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Beginning...leave 10,000 men at Fredericksburg under Gen. Jubal A...Virginia ; Civil War ; Fredericksburg, Battle of ; Pennsylvania...
Kimball, Nathan
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Union army officer, born in Fredericksburg, Indiana. Kimball assumed division command in an 1862 battle with Gen. Stonewall Jackson...distinguished himself at Fredericksburg (1862), where he was badly...directing his men at the battle of Peachtree Creek (1864...subsequently participated in the ...
Maryland, Invasion of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...following day brought on the Battle of Antietam, characterized...hard fighting than any other battle of the war. Lee, outnumbered...and C. C. Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War...1985. McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil...Second Battle of ; Civil War ; ...
Civil War, American
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...S. armies in a series of battles fought in northern Virginia...these were the 1861 First Battle of Bull Run , in which southern...Jackson ; the Seven Days' Battle (1862), in which Lee...Richmond; the 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run , in which Lee...the heart of Maryland; and Fredericksburg ...
Virginia Campaigns
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...on 21 July 1861 at the first Battle of Bull Run. In a confused...Richmond, but in the Seven Days Battle (26 June–2 July...down Union forces. The second Battle of Bull Run followed (29...on Lee's positions above Fredericksburg (13 December 1862). Burnside...
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...Harpers Ferry and the battles of Second Bull Run and...
Mahone, William
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Petersburg (1864), when, at the Battle of the Crater , he led the counterattack...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), Fredericksburg (1862), and Chancellorsville (1863...
Doubleday, Abner
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...brigade saw action at the Second Battle of Bull Run and he led his division in the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg (all 1862). A brigade under his...Gettysburg (1863), his last major battle, played a key role in repelling...
Taliaferro, William Booth
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...in the Shenandoah Valley . He was also at the Second Battle of Bull Run and at Fredericksburg (both 1862). In 1863 he successfully directed the...general in 1865, he led a division in the war's final battles in North Carolina.

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BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG REVISITED
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/1/1992; 284 words ; ...County, NJ) 01-01-1992 BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG REVISITED Date: 01-01...the Civil War's Battle of Fredericksburg. The program was conducted...the Civil War's Battle of Fredericksburg. The program was conducted...
Book on Battle of Fredericksburg, Harper's Weekly Web Site LincolnandtheCivilWar.com Win Gettysburg College's Lincoln Prizes.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 2/11/2003; 622 words ; ...annual Lincoln and E-Lincoln Prizes. "Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!" (University of North Carolina Press), a book on the battle of Fredericksburg by Professor George C. Rable of the University...
General Burnside and his orders for the Battle of Fredericksburg: lessons in how not to communicate. (Education).
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 2/1/2003; ; 382 words ; ...how they are likely to interpret the message. When writers fail in these areas, the consequences can be very serious as demonstrated by General Ambrose Burnside's orders for the Battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War."
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; ; 516 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.
Foundation, Late Owner's Heirs Battle over Fredericksburg, Va., Mansion.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 1/28/2002; 700+ words ; ...Business News Jan. 28--FREDERICKSBURG, Va.--Mary Joyce Williams...18th-century mansion in Fredericksburg. Williams and the newly...Foundation are enmeshed in a court battle to wrest the house from the...property's main entrance. Fredericksburg Circuit Judge John W. Scott...
The harp and stripes ; Irish-Americans: General Thomas Meagher and the Irish Brigade at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/5/2008; 700+ words ; ...North and more than 110,000 died in battle. Total losses, including disease and...000 Confederate soldiers were killed in battle and total Confederate losses amounted...them all and boasted an emerald green battle flag emblazoned with a golden harp. It...
Unique Themed Cemetery, Civil War Museum Planned For Battle Site Near Fredericksburg.
PR Newswire; 4/24/2001; 700+ words ; FREDERICKSBURG, Va., April 24 /PRNewswire...Confederate soldiers who fought the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 just west of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Centerpiece...ambiance. Blane Piper, a Fredericksburg-area living historian...
Fredericksburg Growth Battle Haunts Slavery Museum's Pace
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/31/2005; ; 700+ words ; L. Douglas Wilder traveled to Fredericksburg on Friday to reveal some key details about the National...controversy in the city's contemporary history. Since 1998, Fredericksburg politics have been defined in many ways by a swiftly taken...
The Civil War Over Property Rights; On Historic Ground Near Fredericksburg, the Park Service Battles Development
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/16/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...the site in 1865 of a battle during the Civil War's...march along Route 3 outside Fredericksburg on land where Stonewall...assistant superintendent of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National...of four other Civil War battles. He's the National Park...oncerural counties around ...
Tour Takes Key Battle To Streets; City Sites Marked At Fredericksburg
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/3/1993; 505 words ; The Battle of Fredericksburg began in the pre-dawn hours with...22,000 walking tour created by Fredericksburg city planners. Two brochures guide...visitors seeking to understand the Fredericksburg campaign haven't been able to...