battle_of_fredericksburg | commander | robert_e_lee <sep> the battle of fredericksburg was fought december 11–15, 1862, in and around fredericksburg, virginia, in the eastern theater of the american civil war the combat, between the union army of the potomac commanded by maj gen ambrose burnside and the confederate army of northern virginia under gen robert e 
robert e. lee was a commander in the battle of fredericksburg.battle pits union army of potomac against confederate army of northern virginia under gen. robert e.