<P> 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 Major General Ambrose Burnside , as part of the American Civil War . The Union Army 's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city are remembered as one of the most one - sided battles of the war , with Union casualties more than three times as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates . A visitor to the battlefield described the battle to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as a `` butchery . '' </P>
<P> 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 Major General Ambrose Burnside , as part of the American Civil War . The Union Army 's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city are remembered as one of the most one - sided battles of the war , with Union casualties more than three times as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates . A visitor to the battlefield described the battle to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as a `` butchery . '' </P>
where did the battle of fredericksburg take place
where did the battle of fredericksburg take place
in and around Fredericksburg , Virginia
in and around Fredericksburg , Virginia