Fighting Joe HookerPickle Partners Publishing, 2015 M11 6 - 397 pages “I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you.” With this opening sentence in a two-page letter from Abraham Lincoln, Union general Joseph Hooker (1814–79) gained a prominent place in Civil War history. Hooker assumed command of an army demoralized by defeat and diminished by desertion. Acting swiftly, the general reorganized his army, routed corruption among quartermasters, improved food and sanitation, and boosted morale by granting furloughs and amnesties. His hour of fame and the test of his military skill came in the May 1863 battle of Chancellorsville. It was one of the Union Army’s worst defeats; shortly thereafter Hooker’s resignation was accepted. This definitive biography of a man who could lead so brilliantly and yet fall so ignominiously remains the only full-length treatment of Hooker’s life. His renewal as an important commander in the western theater during the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns is discussed, as is his life before and after his Civil War military service.—Print Ed. |
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... Sumner and Philip Kearny; with the infantry were Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph E. Johnston, James Longstreet, Don Carlos Buell, John Sedgwick, Winfield Scott Hancock and George E. Pickett. General Scott's junior officers more than ...
... Sumner and Philip Kearny; with the infantry were Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph E. Johnston, James Longstreet, Don Carlos Buell, John Sedgwick, Winfield Scott Hancock and George E. Pickett. General Scott's junior officers more than ...
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... a conversation with Senator Charles Sumner of this group he showed great enthusiasm, stating that if he were given the colonelcy of a regiment he would come to the command of the army and take Richmond.{124} CHAPTER III—THE FIRST COMMAND ...
... a conversation with Senator Charles Sumner of this group he showed great enthusiasm, stating that if he were given the colonelcy of a regiment he would come to the command of the army and take Richmond.{124} CHAPTER III—THE FIRST COMMAND ...
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... Sumner went after Hooker with a sharp stick when he found that the General was granting slaveowners permission to enter his camps. This was brought out before the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War which held a short hearing in ...
... Sumner went after Hooker with a sharp stick when he found that the General was granting slaveowners permission to enter his camps. This was brought out before the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War which held a short hearing in ...
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... Sumner, Samuel P. Heintzelman and Erasmus D. Keyes.{234} The radical members of the Committee on the Conduct of the War had been foremost in urging this arrangement upon Lincoln. They had become even more determined when they found out ...
... Sumner, Samuel P. Heintzelman and Erasmus D. Keyes.{234} The radical members of the Committee on the Conduct of the War had been foremost in urging this arrangement upon Lincoln. They had become even more determined when they found out ...
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... Sumner and Heintzelman; three of the four corps commanders foisted on McClellan were opposed to the type of campaign they were to conduct.{241} At any rate, in April 1862 the water route was to be given a try. The retreat of the enemy ...
... Sumner and Heintzelman; three of the four corps commanders foisted on McClellan were opposed to the type of campaign they were to conduct.{241} At any rate, in April 1862 the water route was to be given a try. The retreat of the enemy ...
Contents
CHAPTER XIAPPOINTMENT TO THE COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC 170 | |
CHAPTER XIIADMINISTRATIVE JOE 177 | |
CHAPTER XIIIPRELIMINARIES OF THE SPRING CAMPAIGN 190 | |
CHAPTER XIVHOOKER LOSES CONFIDENCE IN HOOKER | |
CHAPTER XVARMY WITHOUT A HEAD 216 | |
CHAPTER XVIAFTERMATH OF THE CAMPAIGN 234 | |
CHAPTER XVIIREMOVAL FROM THE COMMAND 246 | |
CHAPTER XVIIIHOOKER GOES WEST 263 | |
CHAPTER VION THE OFFENSIVE ALONG THE CHICKAHOMINY 90 | |
CHAPTER VIITHE CHANGE OF BASE 102 | |
CHAPTER VIIISECOND BULL RUN 116 | |
CHAPTER IXTHE ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN 134 | |
CHAPTER XSICK LEAVE AND FREDERICKSBURG 151 | |
CHAPTER XIXTHE BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS 277 | |
CHAPTER XXTHE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN 292 | |
CHAPTER XXILATER LIFE 308 | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 317 | |
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