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- With nearly 200,000 combatants—the greatest number of any Civil War engagement—Fredericksburg was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. It featured the first opposed river crossing in American military history as well as the Civil War’s first instance of urban combat.
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With nearly 200,000 combatants—the greatest number of any Civil War engagement—Fredericksburg was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. It featured the first opposed river crossing in American military history as well as the Civil War’s first instance of urban combat.
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Mar 17, 2024 · The Battle of Fredericksburg was the largest conflict of the Civil War. Nearly 200,000 combatants took part in the fighting, producing roughly 18,000 casualties. The Union lost roughly 12,653 soldiers (1,284 killed, 9,600 wounded, and 1,769 missing).
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Battle of Fredericksburg, clash between Union and Confederate forces on December 11–15, 1862, during the American Civil War. The Union troops, despite outnumbering the Confederates, suffered a crushing defeat. It was one of the largest battles of the Civil War in terms of troops involved.
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Nov 9, 2009 · The Battle of Fredericksburg was a crushing defeat for the Union, whose soldiers fought courageously and well but fell victim to mismanagement by their generals, including confused orders from...
May 26, 2024 · The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought from December 11-15, 1862, marked a major turning point in the American Civil War. The crushing Confederate victory dealt a serious blow to Union morale and set the stage for even bloodier battles to come.
In March 2003, the Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) announced the beginning of a $12 million national campaign to preserve the historic Slaughter Pen Farm, a key part of the Fredericksburg battlefield.
Union and Confederate armies clashed on the field south of Fredericksburg on December 13, creating one of the most sobering milestones in Civil War history. The Union army arrayed half of its strength – 65,000 men – opposite Stonewall Jackson’s 37,000 Confederates.
