Fredericksburg (n.)

  1. a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River

    [ Syn: fredericksburg ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: fredericksburg , battle of fredericksburg ]

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