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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 5 (search)
enemy; in which hope he was disappointed, General Hooker not having yet arrived. Returned to cam daylight, he was ushered into the tent of General Hooker, who was apparently ready to receive him. The interview between Generals Hooker and Meade lasted for some time, when the latter issued from tled by the ablest general of the enemy. General Hooker, at the interview which had taken place be responded in the same spirit, and assured General Hooker that the selection had been made without abeing relieved of the command of the army, General Hooker took his departure for Baltimore, the postl Halleck declined to consent to this, and General Hooker, in consequence of this action, feeling agn-Chief. Soon after his interview with General Hooker, General Meade telegraphed to the general-Loaf Mountain, Maryland, under orders from General Hooker, to encamp at Frederick City. By orders og a capital and two rich and populous cities. Hooker, constrained by Lee's initiative to follow his[6 more...]
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
ote me privately, to know if I would object to Hooker being assigned to a corps under me, and that It Halleck's instigation, saying it is reported Hooker is to be sent, provided I apply for him, and uf applying for him, and I did not think either Hooker or his friends could or would expect me to do and Secretary Chase are very anxious to bring Hooker back; but Halleck and Stanton will undoubtedlyave been in having my name associated with General Hooker by Mr. Wilson, in the Senate, in a vote of. Wilson, who is a great friend and admirer of Hooker, was a little doubtful of a distinct resolutioain politicians who wish me removed to restore Hooker; then of certain subordinates, whose military n of mine; finally, a class of vultures who in Hooker's day preyed upon the army, and who sigh for a Army of the Cumberland. This had disgusted Joe Hooker, who had asked to be and had been relieved. d nothing reliable in this respect. I saw General Hooker this morning at breakfast. He was very af[11 more...]
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Appendix F (search)
ous effort to penetrate his design. Suggestions were made and heard, to send a force above the rebel position, when by cutting trees and throwing them into the river, his pontoons or other bridges might be swept away. But Gen. Meade's frequently declared belief was, that Lee could cross when he pleased; that he did not intend to cross, but meant to fight. The sequel shows how completely he was deceived. Had Gen. Meade possessed the activity of either Grant or Rosecrans, and, I may add, of Hooker, he could, by a cavalry reconnaissance on the south side of the Potomac, and a forced one on the Maryland side, have easily discovered Lee's true intentions; and had he attacked him with his army divided by that river, he must have inevitably destroyed or captured one half of it. But blinded and deceived by Lee, timidity ruled the hour, and the golden opportunity, that is only to be seen and grasped by genius, was lost forever. Here, then, we have a commander but a few days previous magnifi
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Appendix G (search)
nces, Lee, supposing that he had out-generaled Hooker, and made sure of Baltimore and Washington, watter. It is a matter of history that when General Hooker was about to direct some of the troops in terrupted by the general-in-chief, and at his (Hooker's) own request, feeling justly indignant at thowledges he was outflanked and outgeneraled by Hooker. So much to the credit of the latter. It iine of marches in Maryland, he was directed by Hooker to keep well to the right in order to cover Bas successor, Meade had not only the benefit of Hooker's plans and necessarily acted upon them, but he also had Hooker's Chief of Staff (Gen. Butterfield) by his side constantly, and, if General Hookert have succeeded. Gen. Butterfield knew all of Hooker's plans, and was instructed by the latter to cs oration at Gettysburg, did not fail to do Gen. Hooker justice; nor did Gen. Lee, the leader of tho, especially in view of the signal service Gen. Hooker has recently rendered by his dashing and da[8 more...]
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 16 (search)
n. Besides, the present is not a time for the removal of a general in command of so important an army, unless his faults be much greater than any that can be proved of General Meade. The spring campaign is about to open—who is better fitted to lead the Army of the Potomac than he who led it to victory at Gettysburg, and has since kept its honor bright? We have changed commanders too often; with the exception of General Meade, each change has been for the worse. We tried Burnside, Pope, Hooker, and found each of them wanting. There was no victory between those of Antietam and Gettysburg. It is due to the general who won the latter that he should have a chance to share the honors of the triumphs which we hope are awaiting our armies in the coming campaign. This is no time for experiments. And so long as we have got a good commander—one, too, who has proved himself such—we should stand by him; certainly we should not remove him to gratify the pique of any man or any set of men.<
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 30 (search)
was the 28th of June, 1863. Question: Where was the army at that time? Answer: It was lying around and near Frederick, Maryland. Question: You superseded General Hooker? Answer: I relieved General Hooker. Question: Will you give a statement, in your own way, of the battle of Gettysburg, and the disposition of your trooGeneral Hooker. Question: Will you give a statement, in your own way, of the battle of Gettysburg, and the disposition of your troops there? Answer: When I assumed the command of the army of the Potomac, on the morning of the 28th of June, it was mostly around Frederick, Maryland; some portions of it, I think, were at that time at Middletown; one or two corps were the other side of a range of mountains between Frederick and Middletown. I had no informatio corps of the rebel army, under General Ewell, was occupying York and Carlisle, and threatening the Susquehanna at Harrisburg and Columbia. My predecessor, General Hooker, left the camp in a very few hours after I relieved him. I received from him no intimation of any plan, or any views that he may have had up to that moment.
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 31 (search)
story to injure the latter. Gen. Butterfield is fully capable of taking care of his own reputation. As, however, he is absent in South America, I will state for the information of nonmilitary readers that the office of Chief of Staff is not a permanent one. Whoever fills it must necessarily hold the most intimate and confidential relations to the commander of the army. Hence, a personal friend is always selected for the position. Gen. Butterfield, who had been chosen for this duty by Gen. Hooker, never for a moment supposed that he would be retained in the same capacity by Gen. Meade, and, therefore, offered his resignation at once. It was not accepted until the battle was over. It is as absurd to suppose that he cherished animosity on this account as it would be to imagine that an ex-Secretary of State would become bitterly hostile to a new Administration because he was not continued in office. Mr. Swinton says that Butterfield's evidence is not confirmed by any other membe
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Appendix Y (search)
e handling of that corps during the impending battle. This decision was also in keeping with General Humphreys's own wishes. It was solely owing to the decision in the case of General Humphreys, and to the disinclination of Generals Warren and Seth Williams to accept the position, through their belief that in the emergency they could render better service in the positions which they respectively held, that induced General Meade to come to the conclusion to retain General Butterfield, General Hooker's chief-of-staff, temporarily in the same position, in consideration of the fact that he was more familiar at that time than any one else could be with the personnel of the army and the routine of the office. If any one of the three officers mentioned, General Humphreys, General Warren, and General Williams, had been chiefof-staff on the eventful day of the 2d of July, at Gettysburg, the nation would not have witnessed nine months afterward the humiliating spectacle of its victorious ge
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 24 (search)
ard McCook, commanding a division of cavalry. Hooker lay far to the right of Palmer, ready at the s and mounted infantry. His communication with Hooker was maintained by General Kilpatrick's dashinghe following order: Schofield, Howard, Palmer, Hooker, and McPherson, the latter holding the extremech for the same locality, Geary's division, of Hooker's corps, preceded; Schofield's corps and Newtothat in order to fill up the gap occasioned by Hooker's withdrawal the day before, the whole of Palmmassing his columns for the desperate effort. Hooker arrived none too soon. At seven o'clock, why to make the assault on the enemy's works. Hooker threw forward Butterfield's division against t' division about one hundred and fifty, making Hooker's loss about seven hundred and fifty in the ba chapter in their history. About ten P. M., Hooker's command commenced throwing up breastworks toerations. The fighting was conducted by General Hooker on his favorite plan, and with his wonted [34 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6. (search)
Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6. The army, or at least the Fourth, Fourteenth, and Twenty-third corps, which had arrived at advanced positions, remained in its position of Wednesday, awaiting the arrival of General Hooker's and General McPherson's corps, who marched around to our right, preparatory to a flank movement upon the enemy's left, for the purpose of turning it. General Sherman arrived at the front to-day, and in company with other general officers, rode along the lines, minutely inspecting the country, and familiarizing himself with the position of his command. This morning at an early hour, a small force advanced upon the enemy, who, in small force, held Bald Knob, a small hill about a mile south of Catoosa Platform, and drove them from it without the loss of a man on either side. This morning Morgan's brigade of Davis' division were on picket, when a squad of rebels, mounted, came up within three hundred yards of our pickets, and called out, Will you exchange cof
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