Download or read book Commander s Intent Of Major General Joseph Hooker During The Chancellorsville Campaign written by Major William M. Jurney USMC and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did “Fighting Joe” Hooker of the Army of the Potomac lose his nerve during the Chancellorsville Campaign of 1863? Perhaps history has failed to recognize Major General Joseph Hooker’s true commander’s intent for this campaign. Hooker’s intent was simple: maneuver forces to Lee’s flank and rear in order to force a withdrawal of Confederate troops from Fredericksburg. Hooker had no intention of engaging in a “risky confrontation” with General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. Hooker’s approach for planning his spring offensive would focus the Army of Potomac’s efforts toward outmaneuvering Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Hooker had put forth the idea of moving on Richmond and Lincoln advised him that his objective was Lee’s army and not Richmond. Hooker does pursue Lee’s army, as the main objective and not Richmond as the President had directed but the means that Hooker pursued to that end are misleading. Hooker entered what he considered the initial stage of his spring offensive at Chancellorsville thinking that he would first defeat Lee’s army by maneuver. Prior to Chancellorsville, however, Hooker was already making preparations for driving to Richmond. Hooker had intended to confront Lee with the dilemma of being threatened from all sides. Unfortunately, Hooker had failed to communicate his intentions for his army’s movements of May 1, 1863 and confusion ran rampant among his subordinate commanders. Almost exclusively, Hooker developed the actual details of the plan himself. This flaw would result in numerous disconnects in Hooker’s plan. Hooker’s plan would fail due to his own steadfast belief in the ability of his plan to force Lee to withdraw. To say that Lee defeated the Army of the Potomac is misleading because Lee did not defeat the army, he defeated Hooker as he fought a very effective defensive battle that removed the Federal threat from Virginia due to Hooker’s failings as an army commander.
Download or read book Commander s Intent of Major General Joseph Hooker During the Chancellorsville Campaign written by Usmc Command and Staff College and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-23 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did "Fighting Joe" Hooker of the army of the Potomac lose his nerve during the Chancellorsville Campaign of 1863? Perhaps history has failed to recognize Major General Joseph Hooker's true commander's intent for this campaign. Hooker's intent was simple: maneuver forces to Lee's flank and rear in order to force a withdrawal of Confederate troops from Fredericksburg. Hooker had no intention of engaging in a "risky confrontation" with General Robert E. Lee and the army of northern Virginia. Hooker's plan would fail due to his own steadfast belief in the ability of his plan to force Lee to withdraw. To say that Lee defeated the army of the Potomac is misleading because Lee did not defeat the army, he defeated Hooker as he fought a very effective defensive battle that removed the federal threat from Virginia due to Hooker's failings as an army commander.
Download or read book Commander s Intent of Major General Joseph Hooker During the Chancellorsville Campaign written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did "Fighting Joe" Hooker of the Army of the Potomac lose his nerve during the Chancellorsville Campaign of 1863? Perhaps history has failed to recognize Major General Joseph Hooker's true commander's intent for this campaign. Hooker's intent was simple: maneuver forces to Lee's flank and rear in order to force a withdrawal of Confederate troops from Fredericksburg. Hooker had no intention of engaging in a "risky confrontation" with General Robert E. Lee and the army of northern Virginia. Hooker's plan would fail due to his own steadfast belief in the ability of his plan to force Lee to withdraw. To say that Lee defeated the army of the Potomac is misleading because Lee did not defeat the army, he defeated Hooker as he fought a very effective defensive battle that removed the federal threat from Virginia due to Hooker's failings as an army commander.
Download or read book In Memoriam Major General Joseph Hooker written by Henry Edwin Tremain and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Memoriam Major General Joseph Hooker written by Henry Edwin Tremain and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Download or read book Chancellorsville Staff Ride Briefing Book Illustrated Edition written by Ted Ballard and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than 20 maps, diagrams and illustrations Although "Fighting Joe" Hooker skillfully executes a well-conceived plan and out-flanks his adversary, months of offensive planning are shelved as he suddenly orders his army on the defensive. Lee seizes the initiative and achieves what has often been called his most brilliant victory. How could this happen when Hooker's army outnumbers that of Lee 2 to 1 and is far superior in artillery and logistics? Answers to these and other questions concerning leadership, communications, use of terrain, and the psychology of men in battle, are often found by personal reconnaissance of the battlefield. This book offers a staff ride briefing of Chancellorsville. Since 1906 staff rides have been used to in the education of U.S. Army officers to narrow the gap between peacetime training and war.
Download or read book In Memoriam Major General Joseph Hooker Classic Reprint written by Henry Edwin Tremain and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from In Memoriam, Major-General Joseph Hooker No memorial tablet can contain an appropriate record of the life, character, and services of Major-General Joseph Hooker. They deserve volume. Inscriptions suggest rather than narrate. This sketch must be something less than an inscription. Some men impress themselves on history through deeds accomplished; others, less fortunate, it may be, in their visible achievements, acquire renown by influence among their contemporaries and on posterity. History accepts the soldier to be great who, in campaigns and battles, was the victorious commander. Hooker was the leading spirit in battles where he did not command; he was the commander in campaigns history does not yet fully understand and will not accept as victorious. But Hooker Was A Great Soldier. The impress of his genius is stamped on the army in which he was reared and commissioned, and, through that army, on the country whose service was to him the highest duty. It is no detraction from the fame and honor justly due to his contemporaries to say that intrusion is not possible into the niche reserved for him. Living, he enjoyed the admiration of soldiers and of his countrymen; dead, his increasing renown fails to satisfy his surviving friends. Hooker's career, however, was not a complicated one. Like his nature, it was frank, open-hearted, and simple. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Chancellorsville written by Stephen W. Sears and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new look at the Civil War battle that led to Stonewall Jackson’s death: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and “tour de force in military history” (Library Journal). From the award-winning, national bestselling author of Gettysburg, this is the definitive account of the Chancellorsville campaign, from the moment “Fighting Joe” Hooker took command of the Army of the Potomac to the Union’s stinging, albeit temporary, defeat. Along with a vivid description of the experiences of the troops, Stephen Sears provides “a stunning analysis of how terrain, personality, chance, and other factors affect fighting and distort strategic design” (Library Journal). “Most notable is his use of Union military intelligence reports to show how Gen. Joseph Hooker was fed a stream of accurate information about Robert E. Lee’s troops; conversely, Sears points out the battlefield communications failures that hampered the Union army at critical times . . . A model campaign study, Sears’s account of Chancellorsville is likely to remain the standard for years to come.” —Publishers Weekly “The finest and most provocative Civil War historian writing today.” —Chicago Tribune Includes maps
Download or read book Major General Joseph Hooker and the Northern Press During the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns written by Perry Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 16 Cases of Mission Command written by Donald P., Donald Wright, Ph. D. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the US Army to succeed in the 21st Century, Soldiers of all ranks must understand and use Mission Command. Mission Command empowers leaders at all levels, allowing them to synchronize all warfighting functions and information systems to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative against a range of adversaries. This collection of historical vignettes seeks to sharpen our understanding of Mission Command philosophy and practice by providing examples from the past in which Mission Command principles played a decisive role. Some vignettes show junior officers following their commander's intent and exercising disciplined initiative in very chaotic combat operations. Others recount how field grade officers built cohesive teams that relied on mutual trust to achieve key operational objectives. Each historical account is complemented by an annotated explanation of how the six Mission Command principles shaped the action. For this reason, the collection is ideal for leader development in the Army school system as well as for unit and individual professional development. Mission Command places great responsibility on our Soldiers.
Download or read book Major General Joseph Hooker and the Troops from the Army of the Potomac at Wauhatchie Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Together with General Hooker written by Daniel Butterfield and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... Notes from Official Records, IPERTAINING TO THE MILITARY HISTORY OF MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER.--DISPATCHES, ORDERS, REPORTS AND CORRESPONDENCE. Selected and arranged by Colonel Edward B. Hill. Organization of 'the Division of the Potomac, August 4, 1861. Hooker in command of brigade composed of First and Eleventh Regiments Massachusetts Volunteers, Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.--Series I, Vol. V, page 15. October 15, 1861, Hooker in command of division at Budd's Ferry, LowerPotomac.--Series I, Vol. V, page 17. In compliance with the President's War Order, No. 2, March 8, 1862, Hooker reports to Heintzelman, commanding Third Army Corps.--Series I, Vol. V, page 18. Transfer of Army of Potomac from defenses of Washington to Peninsula, March 17, 1862.--Vol. XI, Part I, page 1. April, 1862, Hooker's Division takes part in Siege of Yorktown.--Vol. XI, Part I, page 1. McClellan to Stanton, Secretary of War, May 6, 1862, Williamsburg, Va., reports: "Heavy loss in Hooker's Division, but very little on other parts of field."--Vol. XI, Part I, page 449. Heintzelman's report, battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862: "I canlfind no words to do justice to the gallantry of General Hooker's Division.... I cannot close my report without commending anew Generals Hooker, Kearney and the members of their staffs for their unwearied exertions and conspicuous gallantry."--Vol. XI, page 461. May 10, 1862, Hooker's report to Assistant Adjutant General ThirdjA. C. makes grateful acknowledgment to regiments and batteries serving under him, and to staff officers for eminent services, "especially to Captain Dickinson, A. A. G., and Lieutenants Lawrence and Abbott, aides."--Vol. XI, Part I, pages 468-469. From...
Download or read book Major General Joseph Hooker and the Troops from the Army of the Potomac at Wauhatchie Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga written by Daniel Butterfield and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Major-General Joseph Hooker and the Troops From the Army of the Potomac at Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga: Together With General Hooker's Military Record, From the Files of the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, U. S. A Commander, General Rosecrans, had been assured that. No troops had been so detached.* Their arrival surprised Rosecrans at Chickamauga and produced a result calling for immediate reinforce ment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Chancellorsville Campaign written by Bradford Alexander Wineman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Major General Joseph Hooker and the Troops from the Army of the Potomac at Wauhatchie Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga written by Daniel Butterfield and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
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Download or read book The Chancellorsville Campaign from the Accession of General Hooker to Command of the Army of the Potomac to Include the Operations Upon the Night of May 1st 1863 written by Charles S. Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Staff Ride Handbook for the Overland Campaign Virginia 4 May to 15 June 1864 A Study in Operational Level Command written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
