hooker at gettysburg
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Dave Smith
and let Lee come at him as Meade did.
Hooker would, I think, have given Lee more opportunities than Meade
did, and given the capabilities of Lee, that might have been critical
in the eventual outcome.
I'm curious what others think - would Hooker have gotten his scattered
forces to Gettysburg as quickly as Meade?
Dave
Dave Smith
Drazen Kramaric
wrote:
>Certainly. I'm not sure Hooker had the military capacity to organize
>and let Lee come at him as Meade did.
Well, wasn't this exactly what has happened at Chancellorsville?
Hooker maneuvered Lee into attack. Granted, it didn't work as planned,
but I always thought Howard should have stayed at divisional level.
>
>Hooker would, I think, have given Lee more opportunities than Meade
>did, and given the capabilities of Lee, that might have been critical
>in the eventual outcome.
Drawing more of Chancellorsville analogies, even if Hooker retreats
towards Pipe Creek, what is Lee going to do?
>I'm curious what others think - would Hooker have gotten his scattered
>forces to Gettysburg as quickly as Meade?
Was it Meade who made Federals march so quickly or the staff of the
Army of the Potomac who organised march routes etc?
Drax
William G. Davis
"Dave Smith" <dmsmi...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Doubtful. One of the reasons Hooker got sacked in late June was his
unwillingness to recognize the northern movement of Confederate forces until
almost too late, and he was almost negligent in planning the movements of
the various Corps north when he did start them.
I will give him some partial credit. He had some good plans at
Chancellorsville, and was trusting enough to let his subordinates go for it
at Brandy Station. Had he thown another infantry corps and another cavalry
division across the river there, perhaps north of Brandy Station, he might
have forced a fight there that could have spoiled Lee's day, and his plans
for going up to Pennsylvania.
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> Dave
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ray o'hara
"Drazen Kramaric" <draxNEV...@post.htnet.hr> wrote in message
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> On 22 May 2005 05:44:14 -0700, "Dave Smith" <dmsmi...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Certainly. I'm not sure Hooker had the military capacity to organize
> >and let Lee come at him as Meade did.
>
> Well, wasn't this exactly what has happened at Chancellorsville?
> Hooker maneuvered Lee into attack. Granted, it didn't work as planned,
> but I always thought Howard should have stayed at divisional level.
at chencellorsville , hooker was trying either crush lee at fredericksburg
or to panic lee into flight where he would then destroy him through pursuit.
when lee instead chose to confront hooker in the wilderness he knocked
hooker of balance and took the initiative from him.
i think the staff deserves credit for the march into penn. the move started
with hooker in command and he was replaced while the army was on the march.