Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle_of_fredericksburg

1 sense of battle of fredericksburg

Sense 1
Fredericksburg, Battle of 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)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)