Fighting Joe HookerButternut Press, 1987 - 366 pages |
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Page 68
... asked for a competent man to lead the Excelsiors and was informed that he might designate an officer to receive the com- mand and the rank of brigadier general . Hooker's choice was Colonel Nelson Taylor of the 72nd New York , who was ...
... asked for a competent man to lead the Excelsiors and was informed that he might designate an officer to receive the com- mand and the rank of brigadier general . Hooker's choice was Colonel Nelson Taylor of the 72nd New York , who was ...
Page 170
... asked whether he wished command of the Department of Washington and the Upper Potomac in addition to the main army . He declined on the ground that it would require all his time to place the Army of the Potomac in the field in good ...
... asked whether he wished command of the Department of Washington and the Upper Potomac in addition to the main army . He declined on the ground that it would require all his time to place the Army of the Potomac in the field in good ...
Page 248
... asked Meade if he would consider having Hooker under him as a corps commander ; " I have not thrown General Hooker away , " he said . Meade resorted to the expedient of not actually asking for Hooker but of not objecting if the General ...
... asked Meade if he would consider having Hooker under him as a corps commander ; " I have not thrown General Hooker away , " he said . Meade resorted to the expedient of not actually asking for Hooker but of not objecting if the General ...
Contents
THE EARLY TRAINING OF A FIGHTER | 17 |
FIGURE | 20 |
CIVIL INTERLUDE IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON | 36 |
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