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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. (search)
battery, the kind and numbers of guns (I think there were but two), the nature of the position, the casualties, and any other facts that may be of interest, which I should like to incorporate in the history of my company soon to be published. Hoping to hear something authentic touching this matter in your next issue, I am, sir, Yours, very truly, John D. Billings, Historian, and former member of Tenth Massachusetts Battery, Second Army corps, Army of Potomac. The failure of General Hooker to cut Jackson's column when moving to his rear at Chancellorsville has been much discussed. The following letter will throw some light on an interesting episode of that great movement: San Francisco, 26th January, 1881, 439 California Street. General Fitzhugh Lee: Dear General,--Accident some time ago placed me in poseession of a copy of your address of October 29th, 1879, which you ought to have sent me. I take the liberty of calling your attention to the part acted by Captai
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The campaign of Chancellorsville — by Theodore A. Dodge, United States army. (search)
e severity of Colonel Dodge's criticism of General Hooker. Indeed, the whole book is an arraignmentt that we think Colonel Dodge is unjust to General Hooker; he is simply not generous. Nor, it must the 10,000 or 12,000 Federal cavalry which Gen. Hooker had ready to use. The Rappahannock formesville before midday on Friday, May 1st. Thus Hooker was rapidly concentrating over seventy thousanted the general direction of his march; though Hooker had warned Howard early in the day to be on hi incapacity on the part of a corps commander. Hooker has enough to bear without being held responsi front. Thus more than half of the force that Hooker had at hand did little or nothing towards resiwenty thousand men, to watch and hold in check Hooker's seventy-five or eighty thousand, while he coion of throwing his whole available force upon Hooker. On Tuesday Anderson's and McLaws's divisionsk had to be postponed to the morrow. Meantime Hooker, unwilling after the defeats of Saturday, Sund[31 more...]