Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
December Issue: 1989 Twenty Years On: The End of Communism and the Fate of Eastern Europe
eHistory Book Reviews
November Review:
428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire
MultiMedia Histories

Featured History:
The Human Machinery of War
eHistory Archive Logo
THESE ARE ARCHIVED PAGES OF THE OLD EHISTORY SITE
click here for the NEW eHistory site
These pages are not actively maintained and may have errors in content and functionality
 icon: the new eHistory
click to see our Origins feature click to see our Multimedia histories click to see our Book Reviews
Ancient History Middle Ages Civil War World War II Vietnam War Middle East World
      eHistory  >  American Civil War Search
Articles
Battles
Biographies
Books
Book Reviews
Civil War Daily
Essays & Papers
FAQ
Glossary
HistoryLists
Images
Interactive
Letters & Diaries
Maps
Medicine
Newsletter
Official Records
Periodicals
Regimental Units


Page 47(Fredericksburg 2)Next Page


Second Battle of Fredericksburg

May 3, 1863
Also known as: Marye’s Heights
Fredericksburg, VA
Campaign: Chancellorsville Campaign

 

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, USA
Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early , CSA

The Union had two Corps, the Confederates only a division.

There were roughly 2,000 casualties all told.

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.

 



Page 47(Fredericksburg 2)Next Page



About | Contact

All images and content are the property of eHistory at The Ohio State University unless otherwise stated.
Copyright © 2009 OSU Department of History. All rights reserved.