Chancellorsville and Gettysburg (Campaigns of the Civil War - VI)
Publisher: IndyPublish
Published: July 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781435312678
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); History - Military / War
First sentence: AFTER the great disaster of Fredericksburg, General Burnside, the Commander of the Union Army, was superseded by Major-General Joseph Hooker, a graduate of West Point, who having formerly held a high position on the staff of General Gideon J. Pillow in the war with Mexico, was supposed to be well acquainted with military operations on a large scale.