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December 11, 1862 – December 15, 1862 · Civil War

Battle of Fredericksburg

5 Medals of Honor were earned in the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 11, 1862 – December 15, 1862). Result: Confederate victory.

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Date
December 11, 1862 – December 15, 1862
Location
Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg, Virginia
Result
Confederate victory
Part of
American Civil War

About the battle

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Battle of Fredericksburg”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.

Medal of Honor recipients (5)

Where it happened

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