MEDIA
Battle of Fredericksburg — the Army of the Potomac Crossing the Rappahannock
Original Author: Kurz & Allison
Created: 1888
Medium: Lithograph
Publisher: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division

Battle of Fredericksburg – the Army of the Potomac Crossing the Rappahannock

In this lithograph by the Chicago firm of Kurz & Allison, Union troops cross the Rappahannock River on pontoon-boat bridges in the face of Confederate fire on the morning of December 13, 1862. The town of Fredericksburg burns in the background.