    
Title: Union Troops Through Mud and Freezing Water Description: Union troops struggle through quagmires of mud and freezing water on January 19, 1863 in a futile attempt by Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside (Ambrose Everett Burnside; May 23, 1824-September 13, 1881) to out-maneuver the Rebel forces of General Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807-October 12, 1870), an almost mindless exercise labeled "The Mud March," which caused Burnside widespread criticism and caused his resignation as commander of the Army of the Potomac, returning to his former command of the IX Corps, while President Abraham Lincoln (AKA: Great Emancipator; Honest Abe; Rail Splitter; February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865) appointed a new commander to head the Army of the Potomac, Union Major General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker (November 13, 1814-October 31, 1879), who proved almost addle-brained at the next big battle against Lee, Chancellorsville, as Burnside had been wrong-headed in his slaughterhouse frontal attacks at Fredericksburg; Category: American Civil War Keywords: American Civil War, artillery, cannons, guns, Mud March, Union soldiers, Union troops, War Against the South: War Between the States, War for the South, War for the Southern Confederacy, War for the Union, War of the Rebellion. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1800 x 1400 (2.52 MPixels) (1.29) Print Size: 15.2 x 11.9 cm; 6.0 x 4.7 inches File Size: 7.24 MB (7,592,498 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000375463 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
