VII. Winter of Discontent

A. Fredericksburg Dec. 11-13

• Burnsides 3 Grand Divisions: Franklin, Hooker, Sumner
  
• plus Haupt at Aquia Creek
  
• Lees 2 Corps: Longstreet, Jackson
  
• plus Jeb Stuarts cavalry in the Valley
  
• Franklin slow on left; to "seize" not to "carry"
  
• does not support Meade's breakthrough
  
• Longstreet's riflemen in the Sunken Road
  
• Cabinet crisis Dec. 20 - Seward, Chase pumpkins
  
• Mud March Jan. 20-22 - giant earthworm
  
• Kellys Ford Mar. 17 - J. Pelham killed
  

B. Chancellorsville May 2-4

• Lee's 3 gambles defeat Hooker's 3 mistakes
  

C. Stalemate in Tennessee

• raids by John Hunt Morgan (Gallatin, Hartsville)
  
• raids by N. B. Forrest (Murfreesboro, Parkers Crossroads)
  
• Old Rosy from Nashville Nov. 7
  
• Bragg from Murfreesboro defends at Stones River
  
• Dec. 31 - Hells Half Acre in the Round Forest
  
• Sheridan holds apex, Breckenridge waits
  
• Rosy rides to front, Garesche loses head
  
• artists W. Travis (Harpers), H. Lovie (Leslies), Alfred Matthews of 31st Ohio
  

D. Grant fails at Vicksburg

• Van Dorn destroys Holly Springs base Dec. 20
  
• Pemberton stops Sherman at Chickasaw Dec. 29
  
• McClernand takes Arkansas Post Jan. 11
  
• Bayou experiments fail Jan.-March
  

E. Banks afraid of river bastion Fort Hudson

• Nathaniel Banks replaced Ben Butler Dec. 16 as commander of the Army of the Gulf, to advance upriver from New Orleans to attack Vicksburg, but did nothing until March 7, 1863

F. McClernand ignored Vicksburg orders

• John McClernand took command of the Army of the Mississippi Jan. 4, 1863, to advance downriver from Memphis to attack Vicksburg, but on his own decided to take Arkansas Post Jan. 11; this did nothing to help at Vicksburg, and Grant replaced him with W. T. Sherman