Missing image Pontoon_bridges_erected_for_Sedgwicks_corps_to_cross_upon,_1863.png Pontoon bridges erected for Sedgwicks corps to cross upon, Waud, Alfred R., artist.
Battle of Fredericksburg II
Conflict	American Civil War
Date	May 3, 1863
Place	Fredericksburg, Virginia
Result	Union 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.

References

• CWSAC Battle Summaries, National Park Service (http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm)