- Union General Ambrose Burnside did not want command of the army Potomac.
- The union crossing at Fredericksburg was delayed by lack of portable pontoon bridges.
- Union forces bombarded Fredericksburg with 150 cannons.
- Fredericksburg hosted the largest group of soldiers to participate in a civil war battle
- The battle of Fredericksburg was the first opposed river crossing in American military history
- The fighting took place in the houses and streets of Fredericksburg.