 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Aodzwa mwoyo nokukundikana kwaMcClellan kuparadza uto raLee, Lincoln akasarudza Ambrose Burnside kuti ave mutungamiriri weuto rePotomac. Burnside akarayira kurwisa mhiri kworwizi rwaRappahannock paFredericksburg, Virginia. Kunonoka mukuyambuka rwizi kwakapa mauto aLee nguva yakakwana yekuronga kuzvidzivirira kwakasimba, uye kurwisa kwepamberi kweUnitedmusi waDecember 13, 1862, yakanga iri njodzi. Paiva nevakafa veUnion vane 12 600 kune veConfederate vane 5 000; imwe yehondo dzakatarisana zvikuru muHondo yeVanhu. Pashure porukundo urwu, Lee anonzi akati, Zvakanaka kuti hondo inotyisa kwazvo, kudai zvisina kudaro taizokura tichiifarira zvikuru. MuFredericksburg, maererano nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika Michael Fellman, Lee akanga apinda chose chose mumudzimu wehondo, umo kuparadza kwakava norunako rwawo umene. 