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Noun: Battle of Fredericksburg
  1. An important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee
    - Fredericksburg

Type of: pitched battle

Part of: American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States

Encyclopedia: Battle of Fredericksburg

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