Major General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker succeeded General Burnside as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Hooker was the third general Lincoln had as the leader of the North's premier army.
General Hooker
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"Fighting Joe" Hooker.
After the poorly planned attack on Fredericksburg during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln replaced Union General Ambrose Burnside as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Burnside's failed strategy and high casualties led to the decision to find a new leader for the Union forces.
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside was assigned to the command of The Army of the Potomac on November 7th, 1862, and led that army at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He replaced George B. McClellan.
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General Burnside
No. McClellan was Commander of the Department of the Ohio, Commander of the Department of the East before being promoted to General in Chief and Commander of the Army of the Potomac. He was replaced as Commander of the Department of the Ohio by Ormsby M. Mitchel. He was replaced as Commander of the East and General in Cheif by Henry Halleck and replaced as Commander of the Army of the Potomac by Ambrose E. Burnside.
Fredericksburg, in Virginia. December, 1862.
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Ambrose Burnside
It was General Ambrose Everett Burnside (Union Army).
General Ambrose Burnside ordered that suicidal charge up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg.
On November 7, 1862, General Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac. He had replaced General George B. McClellan.
Major General Ambrose Burnside.