ID: 901001615 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001615	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of Fredericksburg (American Civil War battle, 1862)

Note: The Battle of Fredericksburg, a bloody engagement of the American Civil War fought at Fredericksburg, Virginia, saw a great Union defeat. Newly appointed commander of the Union forces, General A.E. Burnside, planned to cross the Rappahannock River with an army of more than 120,000 troops and advance on the Southern capital at Richmond. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was staked out on high ground behind the town of Fredericksburg with a force of about 78,000. The attack on December 13 proved a complete failure, and Burnside’s casualties totaled more than 12,500, compared to only about 5,000 for the carefully entrenched Confederates.

Display Date: 11-13 December, 1862

Names:

	Battle of Fredericksburg (American Civil War battle, 1862) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............American Civil War (American history, 1861-1865) (P)
		................Battle of Fredericksburg (American Civil War battle, 1862) (P)

Other Relationships:

	.... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Rappahannock
	.....(Virginia, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	.... Fredericksburg
	.....(Fredericksburg Indep. City, Virginia, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	actor is .... Ambrose Everett Burnside (American Union general, 1824-1881)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	actor is .... Lee, Robert E. (American Confederate general, 1807-1870)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Battle of Fredericksburg (American Civil War battle, 1862)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Battle of Fredericksberg," accessed 24 October 2016

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Battle of Fredericksburg," accessed 24 October 2016