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The Union Sixth Army Corps in the Chancellorsville Campaign - A Study of the Engagements of Second Fredericksburg, Salem Church and Banks's Ford, May 3-4, 1863 (Paperback)
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The Union Sixth Army Corps in the Chancellorsville Campaign - A Study of the Engagements of Second Fredericksburg, Salem Church and Banks's Ford, May 3-4, 1863 (Paperback)
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The winter of 1862-1863 found the Union's Army of the Potomac in
sad shape. Bloody battles, multiple defeats, lack of adequate
provisions and high desertion rates had left even the hardiest
Union soldiers dispirited. With Major General Joseph Hooker's
advent to the army command, he set about revamping the army's
conditions, establishing a generous furlough program, implementing
a system of corps insignia and setting new sanitary standards.
While his administrative efforts were extremely successful, his
battlefield manner left something to be desired. Instructed by
President Lincoln to make the destruction of General Lee's Army of
Northern Virginia the Union's top priority, Hooker mounted the
Chancellorsville Campaign. Lee's aggressive battlefield manner
coupled with Hooker's failure to initiate an assault led to a sound
defeat by Confederate forces and left Hooker--who ultimately had
only himself and his lack of initiative to blame--looking for a
scapegoat. Among those Hooker attempted to hold responsible was the
courageous Sixth Army Corps, the unit responsible for the sole
Union victory of the entire campaign. This military history focuses
on the battlefield engagements of the Union's Sixth Army Corps on
May 3 and 4, 1863. Compiled from contemporary accounts as well as a
variety of postwar histories, it examines the role which the Sixth
Army Corps and their commander, Major General John Sedgwick, played
in the Chancellorsville Campaign. Particular attention is given to
evaluating the impact that the Corps' actions had on Major General
Hooker's offensive and refuting the accusations which Hooker made
following Federal retreat from the engagement. The battles of
Second Fredericksburg, Salem Church and Banks's Ford are
consequently examined in detail. Appendices provide information
detailing the organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, the
Army of the Potomac and the Sixth Army Corps in the spring of 1863.
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