 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kurwisa kwacho kwakatanga nokuenda kumadokero musi waJanuary 20, 1863, mumamiriro okunze akanga asina kunyanya kunaya. Burnside, achitungamirirwa, akachinja zvaakanga aronga kuti arove Banks Ford, nzira iri pedyo, inokurumidza kupfuura. Pakuvamba kwaJanuary 21, mainjiniya aizofambisa mabhiriji mashanu kuyambuka; pashure paikoko, mapoka makuru maviri aizova pamusoro porwizi mumaawa mana. Munguvayi, rimwe divi guru raizotsausa mauto eConfederate kupfurikidza nokudzokorora kuyambuka kwaDecember paFredericksburg. Usiku hwomusi wa20, mvura yakatanga kunaya, uye mangwanani omusi wa21, nyika yakanga yanyorova uye mahombekombe erwizi akanga ava kuita sematope. Nechekare, mapontoni gumi namashanu akanga ari parwizi, achirupfuura, uye mamwe mashanu akanga akakwana zvakakwana. Burnside akatanga pakarepo kuunza zvombo zvake zvehondo, izvo zvakava nomuuyo wokuita mubhedha wakakwana wemarata. Munzvimbo yakakura yakapoteredza dziva racho zuva rose varume vacho vaishanda mumvura asi pasina kubudirira. Nhamba yakakura yezvombo yakatambanudzirwa pedyo neforodhi, asi yechi22 yakangowedzera kudutu, uye zvombo zvehondo, caissons uye kunyange ngoro dzakaputirwa mumatope. 