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Photographer: Brian Scott
Taken: September 19, 2015
Caption: Major General Joseph Hooker (1814-1879)
Additional Description: At Antietam, his corps launched the first assault of the bloodiest day in American history, driving south into the corps of Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson, where they fought each other to a standstill. Hooker, aggressive and inspiring to his men, left the battle early in the morning with a foot wound. He asserted that the battle would have been a decisive Union victory if he had managed to stay on the field, but General McClellan's caution once again failed the Northern troops and Lee's much smaller army eluded destruction.
Submitted: October 20, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p334360
File Size: 0.144 Megabytes

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