Captain John S. Mosby and his Confederate partisans conduct a daring raid that targets a general who was tasked with capturing them.

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Captain John S. Mosby and his Confederate partisans conduct a daring raid that targets a general who was tasked with capturing them.
Joseph Hooker works to reorganize and revitalize the demoralized Federal Army of the Potomac.
Joseph Hooker begins to reorganize and rejuvenate the demoralized Federal Army of the Potomac, but many doubt that he will ultimately succeed.
The defeat at Fredericksburg and the failed “Mud March” spark recriminations among the Federal army command, leading to wholesale changes.
As officers in the Federal Army of the Potomac voice opposition to their commander and the soldiers threaten mutiny, General Ambrose Burnside gives President Abraham Lincoln an ultimatum.
Driving rain in northern Virginia immobilizes the Federal Army of the Potomac and wreaks havoc on Ambrose E. Burnside’s plan to launch another offensive against the Confederates at Fredericksburg.