Ambrose Burnside for the north and Robert E. Lee for the south
Ambrose Burnside.
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Lee was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside was assigned to the command of The Army of the Potomac on November 7th, 1862, and led that army at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He replaced George B. McClellan.
Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg, Virginia were the two locations of the battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg started on December 11th 1862. The Battle of Fredericksburg ended on December 15th 1862.
The Battle of Fredericksburg occured in the state of Virginia
Battle of Fredericksburg happened on 1862-12-11.
The Battle of Fredericksburg was an overwhelming Confederate victory. The Confederates were well fortified in their defensive positions. The Union Army under the newly appointed Commander Ambrose Burnside made numerous attacks against the Confederate positions and were repulsed each time with great loss of life of the Union soldiers. Eventually, Burnside's Generals refused to obey when he ordered more such frontal attacks. The battle had such an effect on the Union Army that Burnside was replaced as Commander, and at the Battle of Gettysburg at the end of "Pickett's Charge" when the situation was reversed,the Union troops were loudly chanting"Fredericksburg","Fredericksburg" because the bitterness of that memory was still very strong.
Second Battle of Fredericksburg happened on 1863-05-03.
What where the strategies for the Fredericksburg war
After the Battle of Fredericksburg, General Ambrose Burnside was replaced by General Joseph Hooker as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. This change occurred in January 1863, following the Union's defeat at Fredericksburg, which had led to significant criticism of Burnside's leadership. Hooker took command with the goal of revitalizing the Union army's efforts in the Civil War.