Second Battle of Fredericksburg

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The Second Battle of Fredericksburg was an American Civil War engagement in May 1863, during the Chancellorsville Campaign, in which Union forces successfully assaulted Confederate positions in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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Second Battle of Fredericksburg canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Fredericksburg ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
casualties thousands combined Union and Confederate casualties ⓘ
category Battles of the American Civil War in Virginia ⓘ
Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
commander John Sedgwick ⓘ
Jubal A. Early ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
William Barksdale ⓘ
commandStructure Confederate forces under Major General Jubal A. Early ⓘ
Union VI Corps under Major General John Sedgwick ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 3, 1863 ⓘ
endDate May 3, 1863 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Salem Church ⓘ
front Rappahannock River front at Fredericksburg ⓘ
geographicalFeature Marye’s Heights ⓘ
Rappahannock River ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1863 in the American Civil War ⓘ
involves Confederate division under Jubal A. Early ⓘ
I Corps (Union elements) ⓘ
VI Corps (Union) ⓘ
notableFeature Union assault on Marye’s Heights ⓘ
capture of Confederate positions on Marye’s Heights ⓘ
objective Union attempt to break through Confederate defenses at Fredericksburg ⓘ
Union effort to relieve pressure on Joseph Hooker’s main force at Chancellorsville ⓘ
opponent Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
partOf Chancellorsville Campaign ⓘ
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
place Fredericksburg, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Fredericksburg
precededBy First Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Salem Church ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate May 3, 1863 ⓘ
strategicContext Union diversionary offensive in support of main Chancellorsville operations ⓘ
part of General Robert E. Lee’s operations against Major General Joseph Hooker ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union advance checked later near Salem Church ⓘ
Union forces overran Confederate defenses at Marye’s Heights ⓘ
theater Virginia in the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1863 ⓘ

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Rappahannock River → historicalEvent → Second Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Second Battle of Fredericksburg → alsoKnownAs → Second Fredericksburg ⓘ
linked to: Second Battle of Fredericksburg