The "Mud March" Campaign

The "Mud March" Campaign was a brief series of maneuvers in Virginia from January 20-24, 1863. After his sound defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Union Major General Ambrose Burnside made a second attempt to Rappahannock River to attack Richmond. Dissension between generals and adverse conditions due to severe winter storms ended the otherwise well-planned maneuver only days into the operation.

• NOTE: Not all counties have been registered for this operation

Sub-Operations

• Fredericksburg Campaign

Union Troops

• Strength of the Army of the Potomac, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside commanding, December 31, 1862: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, page 924.
• Organization of the Army of the Potomac, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside commanding, December 31, 1862: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 925-938.
• Jan. 20-24 "Mud March," Burnside's 3d, 5th, 11th and 12th Corps and Arty., Army Potomac.

Confederate Troops

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 635, 888, 912)
• Wikipedia - Mobile Campaign (1865)