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Showing posts with label The Mud March. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Mud March. Show all posts
Monday, October 14, 2024

Diary of Corporal John W. Dennett, January 20, 1863

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Started at two P.M., and marched about two miles, and went into camp. This is known as the "mud march." It rained very hard all ni...

Diary of Corporal John W. Dennett, January 21, 1863

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Started at half-past seven, marched about two miles, went into camp in the woods, stopped two days and two nights. The roads were so muddy t...

Diary of Corporal John W. Dennett, January 22, 1863

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The infantry was at work all day, corduroying the roads for the army to go back. SOURCE: John Lord Parker,  Henry Wilson's Regiment: H...

Diary of Corporal John W. Dennett, January 23, 1863

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Began to go back to old camp. Could not advance on account of the mud. Mud was the greatest general this time. SOURCE: John Lord Parker,  ...

Diary of Corporal John W. Dennett, January 24, 1863

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Started at six A.M., and arrived in camp at Potomac Creek at eleven o'clock. Time occupied in once more fixing up our old quarters, that...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 20, 1863

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The rumor of fighting on the Rappahannock is not confirmed. But Gen. Lee writes that his beeves are so poor the soldiers won't eat the ...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, January 22, 1863

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There is a rumor that Fitz John Porter, whose trial of over forty days has interested the public, is found guilty and has been cashiered. A...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: January 31, 1863

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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...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, January 23, 1863

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CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, VA., January 23, 1863. I have not written to you for several days, for the reasons that I have had no opportunity, ...