Fredericksburg

Fred·er·icks·burg  (frdrks-bûrg, -r-ks-)

An independent city of northeast Virginia north of Richmond. In the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) Ambrose Burnside's Union forces were defeated by Robert E. Lee's smaller Confederate army in one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Population: 20,000.

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Noun	1.	Fredericksburg - a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
	2.	Fredericksburg - 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 Battle of Fredericksburg American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865 Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War