USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Burnside first saw combat in the Civil War at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. He later led an expeditionary force in North Carolina and then served during the Maryland Campaign at the Battle of Antietam.

Detailed explanation-3: -Burnside’s plan was to cross the river quickly at Fredericksburg, Virginia, surprising General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, and proceed 35 miles to Richmond. General Burnside’s campaign at Fredericksburg did not go as planned, in part because the battle introduced obstacles his men had never before encountered.

Detailed explanation-4: -Battle of Fredericksburg, (December 11–15, 1862), bloody engagement of the American Civil War fought at Fredericksburg, Virginia, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen.

Detailed explanation-5: -Burnside was promoted to major general of volunteers on March 18, 1862, in recognition of his successes at the battles of Roanoke Island and New Bern, the first significant Union victories in the Eastern Theater.