We are in statu quo, and our armies quiet. The
Northern army seems to be in commotion. Burnside has resigned, and “fighting
Joe Hooker” has been put in his place. Sumner and Franklin have also resigned
their “grand divisions.” Pourquoi? Won't the men advance? Perhaps the
Stafford mud has been more than a match for them. Burnside had issued but a few
days ago an address to his men, saying they were about to “strike the final
blow at the rebellion.” All was in readiness, and the “Grand Army” moved forward;
just then the “rain descended and the floods came,” and, attempting to cross
the Rappahannock ten miles above Fredericksburg, ambulances, wagons, big guns
and all stuck in the mud; the order, “To your tents, O Israel,” had to be
given, and the “rebellion” still flourishes.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 187
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