fredericksburg

Noun fredericksburg has 2 senses

• fredericksburg(n = noun.location) - a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River;
is a kind of town
is a part of old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia

• fredericksburg(n = noun.act) 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;
is a kind of pitched battle
is a part of american civil war, united states civil war, war between the states