Battles of Fredericksburg (Southern Victory)

The two battles of Fredricksburg in the Second Great War were part of the failed attempt by U.S troops to capture Richmond in early 1942. The first attack was a complete failure. There was a short bombardment before the attack, but that did not suppress the Confederate defenders. The U.S engineers attemted to build the bridges across the river, but the engineers were under constant fire by C.S. artillery and Confederate dive-bombers so many weren't able to accomplish their goal. Of the few soldiers that were able to make it across the river on boats, they did little and took heavy casualties. The attack was called off by the end of the day. Despite this utter failure U.S. Army commander Major General Daniel MacArthur refused to give up his assertion that Fredricksburg could be taken. The second attack achieved more, but not much. The U.S. troops were able to gain a foothold, but little more than that. The troops took heavy casualties and they were eventually forced to pull back. Soon after the two armies' attentions would move to another area.