The Confederates
Union - Ambrose Burnside Confederate - Robert E. Lee
Grant and Farragut from the Union
The Battle of Fredericksburg was a lop-side Confederate victory by the Army of Northern Virginia under command of general Robert E. Lee.
Union artillery fired upon Confederate forces holding the town of Fredericksburg. They finally succeeded in driving back Confederate forces there. This was significant as it allowed Union forces, in house to house battles to force the Confederates to evacuate the town.
Some of the Union troops shouted "Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg" after the fleeing Confederates. There had been a major Battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia the preceding December.. There the Union was lined up and made as many as fifteen separate charges at Confederates dug in at an exceptionally strong defensive position. It was a lopsided Confederate victory, with Union troops shot down in the thousands. None got within fifty feet of the Confederate position at Fredericksburg. So at Gettysburg, with the repulse of Pickett's Charge, the Union troops felt they had repaid some of the grief they had experienced at Fredericksburg.
The Union Army.
Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate forces and Ambrose Burnside the Union forces.
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11-15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside. The Union army's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War, with Union casualties more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeated the forces of Union General Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg. The defeat was due to the bad tactics of Burnside, who under the command of Lincoln, urged Burnside to begin a frontal assault. It was a disaster for the Union.
It was not especially critical. It merely represented another failure of the Union armies to capture Richmond. It cost heavy Union losses against small Confederate losses. And it resulted in the sacking of Burnside.
The Union.
The battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville had a negative effect on the Union Army due to significant losses and missed opportunities. At Fredericksburg, Union forces faced a devastating defeat against entrenched Confederate troops, leading to a demoralizing setback. Chancellorsville, despite being a tactical victory for the Confederates, resulted in the loss of General Stonewall Jackson, which weakened Confederate leadership. These defeats contributed to a prolonged and costly conflict, impacting morale and strategy for the Union forces.