Chancellorsville And Gettysburg
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781432529949
Subjects: United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); History; History - U.S.; History: American
First sentence: AFTER the great disaster of Fredericksburg, General Burnside, the Commander of the Union Army, was superseded by Major-General Joseph Hooker, a graduate of West Point, who having formerly held a high position on the staff of General Gideon J. Pillow in the war with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.