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Hace 4 días · Despite being outnumbered by a margin of more than 2-to-1, Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia achieved a stunning victory over Union Major General Joseph Hooker‘s Army of the Potomac. But there is far more to this story than the simple tale of Lee‘s triumph against the odds.
Hace 4 días · En una carta que Darwin escribió en 1879 a su amigo Joseph Hooker, botánico y explorador, le decía: "El aparente rápido desarrollo de todas las plantas superiores en los últimos tiempos...
Hace 3 días · Hooker commanded the Army of the Potomac during Chancellorsville. His planned campaign to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia was stopped by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee through a devastating attack on his exposed right flank by Lieutenant Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson , and by his timid command performance.
Hace 5 días · Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker To Lady Hyacinth Hooker (nee Symonds, then Jardine) Date 28 April 1873 Sent from The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom Source of text JDH/2/22/2 f.7-8, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Language English. Contributor.
Hace 4 días · The Battle of Chancellorsville began with the Army of the Potomac, under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, facing the Army of Northern Virginia, under Gen. Robert E. Lee.The two armies were still around the same areas that they possessed after the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 1862.
Hace 3 días · Rumors of this Confederate movement filtered into Union headquarters across the Rappahannock River, where Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker evaluated the information. To check the accuracy of the reports, Hooker ordered a reconnaissance in force for the 5th.
Hace 3 días · The focus of this website is on the people who participated in the battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg). We've collected information about many of them over the years. In addition to thousands of individual soldier profiles, we have several ways to look at the battle and the campaign of September 1862: with interactive maps, narratives from the ...
