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Outcome of the battle of fredericksburg?
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.
Did the Union or Confederates win the Battle of Shiloh?
The Union.
Which side did Burnside fight for in the Civil War?
Union (North)
Did the confederates or union win?
The Union won the Civil War
What did the union call the confederates?
The rebels or "rebs".
Was burnsides the leader of the the battle fredericksburg?
Yes. Ambrose Burnside was leader of the Union army, and Robert E. Lee was leader of the Confederates. It was a Confederate victory.
Who are the commanders of the union and confederates of fredricksburg?
At Fredericksburg, Major General Ambrose E. Burnside commanded the Army of the Potomac. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was led by Robert E. Lee.
Who commanded the two army corps sent west by rail?
This was to reinforce the Confederates at Chattanoga, and the commander was James Longstreet. The Union also sent troops West - under Hooker and Burnside.
What side is Burnside on?
Union
Who were the generals of the fredricksberg battle?
Confederates cmmanded by Lee, and Union troops commanded by Burnside. Lee won a shattering victory - the only time he was ever seen dancing about hugging other officers.
Who were the generals in the battle of fredricksburg?
Confederates: General Robert E. Lee, General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and a more minor general, General Stuart. Union: General Ambrose Burnside, General Sumner.
Did Union General Ambrose Burnside have any nieces and nephews?
his great great nephew is true union burnside...lived with his wife Georgia Burnside in Yucca Valley, CA until his death in 1986.
How did Union General Ambrose Burnside neutralize the town of Fredericksburg in December of 1862?
Rebel soldiers occupying the town of Fredericksburg were a threat to the forces under the command of Major General Ambrose Burnside. Burnside need to force the removal of Rebel troops there in order for the main force of his Army of the Potomac to cross the Rappahannock River. Burnside succeeded in neutralizing the town by using 150 pieces of artillery to force the Confederates out. On December 11, 1862, this action was successful.
Union leader at federicksburg?
Ambrose Burnside
Who was the union general at fredricksburg?
Ambrose Burnside
Was general burnside a confederate?
ANSWER No, he was an Union General.
Did Ambrose burnside lead the confederate army?
He led the Union Army, he led the Union of a bridge (now named Burnside's bridge) to attack the Conferderacy
