Fredericksburg, Battle of›The Mud march : ... shewing [sic] movement on Bank's Ford Jany. 19th 1863 by Hooker, Franklin & Sumner.

Publication:

US, Civil War Maps, 1861-1865

Region:

Virginia

Location:

Fredericksburg, Battle of

Title:

The Mud march : ... shewing [sic] movement on Bank's Ford Jany. 19th 1863 by Hooker, Franklin & Sumner.

Title:

The Mud march : ... shewing movement on Bank's Ford Jany. 19th 1863 by Hooker, Franklin & Sumner.

Source:

Virginia Historical Society

Description:

In mid-January 1863, Union General Burnside ordered his exhausted troops to recross the Rappahannock River above R. E. Lee's left flank. A heavy rain fell as the army began to move and the road soon became a quagmire. Wagons and artillery sank; men and horses floundered. In the end the effort had to be abando

Conflict Period:

US Civil War

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