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Tag Archives: Joe Hooker
Lost Opportunities in the Army of the Potomac—A Pair of Examples
Army management is a complicated skill in which the personality and temperament of commanders influence the inner workings and culture of the organization. The Union had no army which was as political, and influenced by outside politics, as its primary … Continue reading
Battle Above the Clouds from Down Below with Hooker
We’re excited about the arrival of the latest Emerging Civil War Series book, Battle Above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain by our own award-winning author Dave Powell. One of Dave’s appendices focuses … Continue reading
Stonewall and the Chindit II: Unfinished Adventure Stories
In my last post, I compared and contrasted Generals Stonewall Jackson and Orde Wingate. I then closed with a question: Why are these men objects of such interest and fascination? There are two main reasons, and they … Continue reading
Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles
Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Alexander Webb, Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Shaeffer Farm, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Edwin Morgan, Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Hunt, James Hessler, James Kelly, Joe Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Mary Chesnut, The Peach Orchard, Thomas Sim, Trostle Farm, Winfield Scott Hancock
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The Western Federal
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jim Taub. As Joseph Polley, a sergeant of the 4th Texas Infantry, moved through the dense Georgia underbrush, the sounds and smells of battle overwhelmed his senses. The cracking of musketry and … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Western Theater
Tagged 24th Michigan, 25th Illinois, 2nd Wisconsin, 4th Texas Infantry, 4th U.S. Artillery, 6th Wisconsin, 90th Illinois Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Tennessee, Battle of Chickamauga, Bell Irvin Wiley, Braxton Bragg, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, Fort Donelson, George Meade, Governeur Warren, Iron Brigade, Joe Hooker, John Gibbon, Joseph Polley, Pittsburg Landing, Samuel Crawford, The Iron Brigade, Viniard Field, XI Corps, XII Corps
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The Road to Atlanta: Pine Knob
As Butterfield’s 1st Brigade attacked the Confederate defenses at Gilgal Church, to his left Gen. John Geary advanced his XX Corps 2nd Division, the “White Stars,” against the ridge known Pine Knob, an extension from Pine Mountain. Geary, unlike Butterfield, … Continue reading
The Road to Atlanta: The Battle of Gilgal Church
While Thomas contended with the Pine Mountain Salient, on June 15, 1864, Joe Hooker’s XX Corps was ordered forward to make a strong reconnaissance of the main Confederate line west of the Mountain. Two engagements resulted: the Battle of Gilgal … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Western Theater
Tagged Atlanta Campaign, Gilgal Mountain, Joe Hooker, Patrick Cleburne, Pine Mountain, XX Corps
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“If You Have Any Orders to Give Me, I am Prepared to Receive and Obey Them”: The Command Struggles of Gen. George Meade, September 1863-March 1864 (part II)
The second in a two-part series During the Bristoe Station Campaign, George Gordon Meade believed that Lee had been the superior general. “I am free to admit that in the playing of it he has got the advantage of me,” … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, Bristoe Station, Culpepper, Dan Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, Edwin Stanton, George Gordon Meade, Gideon Welles, Gouverneur K. Warren, Henry Halleck, Joe Hooker, Joint Committee, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Lincoln, meade, meade-orders-to-give-me, Mine Run, Rappahannock Station
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Lookout Mountain
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Lookout Mountain—”The Battle Above the Clouds,” as it later became known because the morning fog and the smoke of battle that hung cloud-like midway up the mountain while the mountaintop loomed … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places
Tagged Battle Above the Clouds, Chattanooga, Joe Hooker, Lookout Mountain
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Where Did Joe Hooker Lose the Battle of Chancellorsville?
One hundred and fifty years ago today, the Army of the Potomac sat safely on the north side of the Rappahannock River after being manhandled by the Army of Northern Virginia during the battle of Chancellorsville. As my colleague Kris … Continue reading
