Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 to Thomas Brainerd

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GLC#
GLC08373.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
14 May 1862
Author/Creator
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
Title
to Thomas Brainerd
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Re: Battle of Williamsburg. "I fought a great battle, probably the most sever one that has been fought during the war. . . My loss was 1575, officers and men - that of the rebels more than double that number. . ." (total U. S. casualties were in fact 2239 vs. 1603 for the Confederates.) McClellan "is no more of a General than McDowell. They are both boys among soldiers."

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