Category: General Robert E. Lee
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia Resisted Several Attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac and Defeated the Federals at Fredericksburg, Virginia. December 13, 1862.
Image: Gallant Charge of Humphrey’s Division at the Battle of Fredericksburg. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia resisted several attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac and defeated the Federals at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The rout of the Union Army was…
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