Battle_of_Fredericksburg_II Battle_of_Fredericksburg_II

Battle of Fredericksburg II - Definition

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Pontoon bridges erected for Sedgwicks corps to cross upon,
Waud, Alfred R., artist.
Battle of Fredericksburg II
ConflictAmerican Civil War
DateMay 3, 1863
PlaceFredericksburg, Virginia
ResultUnion victory
Combatants
United States of America Confederate States of America
Commanders
John Sedgwick Jubal A. Early
Strength
Corps Corps
Casualties
2,000 total (US and CS) 2,000 total (US and CS)
Chancellorsville Campaign
Chancellorsville – Fredericksburg II – Salem Church


The Second Battle of Fredericksburg, also known as the Battle of Marye’s Heights, took place on May 3, 1863 in Fredericksburg, Virginia as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of the American Civil War.

On May 1, Gen. Robert E. Lee left Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s division to hold Fredericksburg, while marching with the rest of the army to meet Hooker’s main offensive thrust at Chancellorsville. On May 3, the Union VI Corps under Sedgwick, reinforced by John Gibbon’s II Corps division, having crossed the Rappahannock River, assaulted and carried the Confederate entrenchments on Marye’s Heights. The outnumbered Confederates withdrew and regrouped west and southeast of town.

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