. War from the inside; or, Personal experiences, impressions, and reminiscences of one of the "boys" in the war of the rebellion . Had this been practicable, it is doubtfulif the result would have been any better, for withoutpadding the chains would have killed or mangled the mule,and there were no means at hand for that purpose. Thedestruction of this class of property, always very severeunder favorable circumstances in the army, was duringthis mud movement simply appalling. The loss of one ormore mules meant an abandonment of the wagon and itscontents to the weather in many instances, and th
. War from the inside; or, Personal experiences, impressions, and reminiscences of one of the "boys" in the war of the rebellion . Had this been practicable, it is doubtfulif the result would have been any better, for withoutpadding the chains would have killed or mangled the mule,and there were no means at hand for that purpose. Thedestruction of this class of property, always very severeunder favorable circumstances in the army, was duringthis mud movement simply appalling. The loss of one ormore mules meant an abandonment of the wagon and itscontents to the weather in many instances, and the samewas true where a team was mired. The rebels were evidently interested observers of thismud march, for their pickets taunted ours with such ques-tions as How dye like Virginia mud? Why dontyou uns come over? How are you, mud? etc., andthey put up rude sign-boards on which were scrawled inlarge letters, Burnside stuck in the mud! Burnsidesname is Mud! etc. The mud march had evidently settled it that therewould be no further attempt to move until better weatherconditions prevailed, which could not reasonably be looked i66. MAJOR FREDERICK L. HITCHCOCKI 3 2D P. V. A year later Colonel 25th U. S. C. T. fti>r>^^ ^^i The Winter at Falmouth for before April, and so we settled down for a winterwhere we were, back of Falmouth. The several corpswere spread out, occupying an area extending from withinthree miles of Fredericksburg, nearly down to the Po-tomac. Our corps, the Second, was located nearest tothe latter city, and our picket lines covered its front toFalmouth and some miles up the river. Our division, theThird (Frenchs), had the line from the railroad bridgeat Fredericksburg to Falmouth, something over two now a field-officer, my name was placed on theroster of picket field-officers of the day. My first detailon this duty came almost as soon as my commission. Myduties had hitherto been confined almost exclusively tothe staff or executive business of the re
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