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Abraham Lincoln
President needed to demonstrate the success of the Union war effort before the Northern public lost confidence in his administration -
Generals in command
abraham replacement of Buell had not stimulated Major General George B. McClellan into action, he issued orders to replace McClellan in command of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia. -
burnside
Burnside, now in command of the Army of the Potomac, -
Formation
Longstreet's corps had arrived and Lee placed them on the ridge known as Marye's Heights to the west of town, with Anderson's division on the far left, McLaws's directly behind the town, and Pickett's and Hood's to the right -
Preparing for battle
Jackson arrived at Lee's headquarters and his divisions were deployed to prevent Burnside crossing downstream from Fredericksburg,n Hill's division moved to Port Royal, 18 miles down river; Early's 12 miles down river at Skinker's Neck; Hill's at Thomas Yerby's house, Belvoir, about 6 miles southeast of town; and Taliaferro's along the Railroad, 4 miles south at Guinea Station. -
First day of battle
Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac -
confederate army
Confederate sniper fire delays completion of Federal pontoon bridges. -
confederate snipers
Federal artillery attempts to drive away Confederate sharpshooters but without success. -
Union
union Infantry cross river in boats and force Confederates out of Fredericksburg -
Franklin and Stonewall
the "grand division" of Major General William B. Franklin was able to pierce the first defensive line of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson to the south, but was finally repulsed. Burnside ordered the grand divisions of Major General Edwin V. Sumner and Joseph Hooker to make multiple frontal assaults against Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's position on Marye's Heights, -
federal bombardment
Following a Federal Bombardment, Meade attacks and is repulsed -
Gibbons attack
Gibbon attacks in support of Meade, capturing railroad -
Gibbons retreat
Gibbon retreats before Confederate reinforcements -
End of the battle of fredericksburg
the confederacy won
