The Battle of Chacellorsville was a crushing defeat for our Union forces. "My God! It is horrible--horrible; and to think of it, 130,000 magnificent soldiers
cut to pieces by less than 60,000 half-starved ragamuffins." Our soldiers were so much better equipped and well-rested than the Confederates! This should not have happened. I am thankful that Lincoln is replacing Major General Hooker with Major General Meade. Hooker allowed General Lee's tactics to get the best of his significantly larger and supposedly more prepared army. Hopefully, in the future, mistakes like this will not be made.
http://www.scps.virginia.edu/travelandlearn/CivilWar/war2003.html
The American Conflict by Horace Greeley
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Union tactics failed us this time. This was a crushing defeat, but don't lose faith. We will bounce back.
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