Campaign : fredericksburg Campaign.
Date : December 11-15, 1862.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 17,929 total (US 13,353; CS 4,576).
On November 14, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (Union) sent troops to occupy the vicinity of Falmouth near Fredericksburg.
Gen. Robert E. Lee entrenched his troops on the heights behind the town.
On the 12th, the Union army crossed Rappahannock, and on the 13th, mounted a series of assaults on Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights.
These attacks caused massive casualties.
On December 15, the Union retreated across the river.
American Civil War
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