January 21, 1863---"Stuck in the mud, Billy Yank?"

JANUARY 21, 1863:             

The Mud March continues---and so do the rains. Wagons and caissons are bogged down, men are mired in muck, and the Army of The Potomac moves only a mile and a half in one day. Confederate pickets, emboldened by the floundering of the Union army, yell insults and taunts at the struggling men, and hold up offensive signs.