Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Fredericksburg: The Army of the Potomac crossing the Rappahannock: in the morning of December 13, 1862, under the command of Generals Burnside, Sumner, Hooker & Franklin.
Print of Union soldiers in boats and a building pontoon bridge in foreground with soldiers and buildings in background. "ATTACK ON FREDRICKSBURG_DEC. 1862" (printed below image). Print taken from a book titled "History of the War for the Union" by E. A. Duyckinck and illustrated by Alonzo Chappel. The book was published in New York by Johnson, Fry and Company.Title: "Attack on Fredericksburg. Dec. 1862."
Print of Union soldiers in boats and a building pontoon bridge in foreground with soldiers and buildings in background. "ATTACK ON FREDRICKSBURG_DEC. 1862" (printed below image). Print taken from a book titled "History of the War for the Union" by E. A. Duyckinck and illustrated by Alonzo Chappel. The book was published in New York by Johnson, Fry and Company.Title: "Attack on Fredericksburg. Dec. 1862."
Title: A shattered caisson, Fredericksburg, Va Abstract: Photograph shows a demolished horse drawn caisson and three dead horses on the ground. Three men stand behind the devastation. General Herman Haupt is on the left. Physical description: 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen. Notes: Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941.; Title from item.
Effects of a Shell Explosion, Fredericksburg, VA.
Title: Attack on Fredericksburg Abstract/medium: 1 drawing on tan paper : pencil and black ink wash ; 21.3 x 28.1 cm. (sheet).
Title: Attack on the rebel works. Fredericksburg. Dec. 13th Abstract/medium: 1 drawing on tan paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 10.3 x 35.4 cm. (sheet).
Looking Toward Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, 1864
William Barksdale's Mississippians resist the laying of Union pontoon bridges during the Battle of Fredericksburg
General notes: Or 1st Conn. Artillery on drill.
Battle of Fredericksburg 13. Dec 1862
File name: 07_11_000976 Title: Battle of Fredericksburg, Laying the Pontoon Bridge Creator/Contributor: Thulstrup, Thure de, 1848-1930 (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher) Date issued: 1861-1897 (approximate) Copyright date: Physical description note: Proof print Genre: Chromolithographs; Proofs Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: No known restrictions Flickr data on 2011-08-05: Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m License: CC BY 2.0 User: Boston Public Library BPL
Title: Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec 13th 1862 Abstract/medium: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
Title: Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13th 1862 Abstract/medium: 1 print : lithograph.
Title: Battle of Fredericksburg--the Army o.t. Potomac crossing the Rappahannock in the morning of Dec. 13' 1862, under t. comd. of Gen's Burnside, Sumner, Hooker & Franklin Abstract/medium: 1 print : lithograph, color.
Battlefield of Fredericksburg
Battlefield of Fredericksburg
Historical Overview
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.
Quick Facts
Confederate States
- Commander: Robert E. Lee
- Strength: ca. 72.000
- Casualties: ca. 5.300
United States
- Commander: Ambrose Burnside
- Strength: ca. 114.000
- Casualties: ca. 12.600
Strategic Context
Another Union attempt to advance on Richmond.
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