BATTLE OF FREDRICKSBURG, VA

• By: Alex D. & Maddy p.
• Hour 6
• Civil war project.

WHEN & WHERE

• Took place in and around Fredricksburg VA
• Commanded by, major general ambrose burnside
• Lasted until : 1862
• Started Dec.13

MAJOR GENERALS

• Robert E. Lee
• Youngest son of Henry Lee.
• Stonewall jackson.
• He was the confederate general

RESULTS OF THE WAR

• Battle sent union plummeting
• New energy causes faliare
• Dec.11 burnside crossed the
• Rappahannock with more then
• 100 union troops

THEIR STRATEGIE

• Routed the union forces.
• Ordered 1 futile frontil attack.
• Blockade.
• Emancipation Proclamtion
• Attack

FACTS ABOUT THE BATTLE.

• It was a southern victory.
• Hosted the largest group of slodiers.
• Burnside planned to use 60,000men.
• Pillaging the town.
• Yankees were defeated.

MAP

HOW DID IT IMPACT THEM?

• Banned slavery.
• Jim Crow laws were passed.
• 1862 Homestead Act passed.
• Womens rights passed.
• Citizenship if born in USA.

WAS IT A TURNING POINT?

• The turning point was,
• The Union Army's futile
• Frontile attacks on
• December 13th

DID IT FORCE THE REBELS TO LEAVE?

• The peace did not last
• Rebels were forced out.
• The british forced the rebels out
• Less then 2 weeks it took.

The end