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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 17 (search)
vantages of victory, of which I felt certain. Hooker's Twentieth Corps was at once moved down to wi instance he was repulsed with bloody loss. Hooker's corps had also some heavy and handsome fightnasmuch as the bridge at Resaca was overtaxed, Hooker's Twentieth Corps was also diverted to cross ba country place called Woodlawn; Schofield and Hooker were on the direct roads leading from Newtown During the night I had reports from McPherson, Hooker, and Schofield. The former was about five mil the left rear. For the convenience of march, Hooker had his three divisions on separate roads, all was on fire. This fire was extinguished, and Hooker's leading division (Geary's) followed the retrso dense, and the resistance so spirited, that Hooker could not carry the position, though the battl gap of at least three miles between Davis and Hooker. Meantime, also, General Schofield was closinom Dallas, and to effect a close junction with Hooker in front of New Hope. Meantime Thomas and Sch[7 more...]
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, Chapter 16: Atlanta campaign-battles about Kenesaw Mountain. June, 1864. (search)
in person to advance his extreme right corps (Hooker's); and instructed General Schofield, by lette Three entire corps are in front of us. Major-General Hooker. Hooker's corps (the Twentieth) belHooker's corps (the Twentieth) belonged to Thomas's army; Thomas's headquarters were two miles nearer to Hooker than mine; and Hooker,Hooker than mine; and Hooker, being an old army officer, knew that he should have reported this fact to Thomas and not to me; I wHooker, being an old army officer, knew that he should have reported this fact to Thomas and not to me; I was, moreover, specially disturbed by the assertion in his report that he was uneasy about his right Schofield must be near by, in close support of Hooker's right flank. General Thomas had before thisem everywhere strongly occupied, and therefore Hooker could not have encountered three entire corps.also complained to me of this same tendency of Hooker to widen the gap between his own corps and hisssed through General Butterfield's division of Hooker's corps, which I learned had not been engaged right flank, and I met Generals Schofield and Hooker together. As rain was falling at the moment, [3 more...]