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By NPS
Published: January 13, 2008
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Other Names: Marye’s Heights Location: Fredericksburg Campaign: Chancellorsville Campaign (April-May 1863) Date(s): May 3, 1863 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick [US]; Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early [CS] Forces Engaged: Corps Estimated Casualties: 2,000 total Description: On May 1, Gen. Robert E. Lee left Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s division to hold Fredericksburg, while marching with the rest of the army to meet Hooker’s main offensive thrust at Chancellorsville. On May 3, the Union VI Corps under Sedgwick, reinforced by John Gibbon’s II Corps division, having crossed the Rappahannock River, assaulted and carried the Confederate entrenchments on Marye’s Heights. The outnumbered Confederates withdrew and regrouped west and southeast of town. Result(s): Union victory
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