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Events on Monday 15 December 1862 1
1862Battle of FredericksburgUnion assault fails against entrenched ConfederatesUnion forces under General Ambrose Burnside launched repeated, unsuccessful frontal assaults on entrenched Confederate positions at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The battle produced over 12,000 Union casualties and was one of the most lopsided defeats of the war.