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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 2.20 (search)
Franklin's left Grand division.
by William Farrar Smith, Brevet Major-General, U. S. A.
When General Burnside assumed the command of the Army of the Potomac on the 9th of November, 1862, he gave up the immense strategic advantage which McClellan had gained, and led the army to Falmouth on the Rappahannock River, opposite the city of Fredericksburg.
A few days after his arrival on the Rappahannock he called a council of war.
It was a conference rather than a council, for he stated that he called the generals together to make known something of his plans, and not to put any question before them for decision.
The grand division commanders, Sumner, Franklin, and Hooker, were present, and also, I think, the corps commanders.
I was present as commander of the Sixth Army Corps.
The entire army was massed within a few miles of Falmouth, and the first object was to cross the river in our front, and gain a fair field for a battle.
From the same ground Hooker afterward marched north-
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Hooker 's appointment and removal. (search)
Hooker's appointment and removal. by Charles F. Benjamin.
The writer of this paper occupied responsible and confidential positions at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac and in the War Department.--editors.
When, after the Mud March
In his official report of the Rappahannock campaign, General Burnside says: I made four distinct attempts, between November 9th, 1862, and January 25th, 1863.
The first failed for want of pontoons; the second was the battle of Fredericksburg; the third was stopped by the President; and the fourth was defeated by the elements or other causes.
After the last attempt to move I was, on January 25th, 1863, relieved of the command of the Army of the Potomac.
The fourth attempt mentioned by General Burnside has passed into history as the Mud march.
The plan was to move Franklin's two corps, or the Left Grand Division, to Banks's Ford, where Franklin was to cross and seize the heights on the river road north of the Orange Turnpike.
Franklin
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.69 (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 6.79 (search)