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To replace Burnside with Hooker.
Joseph Hooker
A costly defeat of the newly-promoted Union General, Ambrose Burnside, followed by his demoralising 'Mud March', which caused Lincoln to replace him with 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.
Union generals McClellan, Burnside and Hooker were all graduates of West Point and all of them had been appointed by President Lincoln to lead the Army of the Potomac. Each of them had also been relieved of being commander of that same army. In order there was 1. McClellan 2. Burnside and 3. Hooker.
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.
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Lincoln replaced General Hooker with GeneralGeorgeMeade because when Hooker failed to win in the battle of Chancellorsville, Lincoln lost faith in Hooker, and had to replace him with General Meade. The union had many bad leaders. Although, Lincoln chooses Hooker as a General again later in the battles.Good luck, :) Bye.
George Meade
President Lincoln wanted to make a careful choice on which general would replace General George B. McClellan to lead the Union's high profile army, the Army of the Potomac. He narrowed his choices down to General Ambrose E. Burnside and "Fighting" Joe Hooker. Both men had served well in the war's early battles and both had served in the Mexican War. Burnside was ten years younger than Hooker, however, that was not a key element in Lincoln's decision. Of the two, Hooker was well known to have been critical of General McClellan. On the other hand, Burnside had been a friend of McClellan's and they knew each other from their time at West Point. Lincoln knew all too well the fierce loyalty the Army of the Potomac's officers and soldiers had towards McClellan, and Lincoln did not want to hrt the morale of the troops by appointing someone that had been an outspoken critic of McClellan. Lincoln chose Burnside, but was surprised that Burnside turned down the offer twice. It seems that it was exactly because of Burnside's friendship with McClellan, he did not wish to "betray" his friend and seem to be Lincoln's replacement for a man the rank and file of the army held in such high esteem. Finally, on Lincoln's third request, Burnside placed the nation's need for a good general above his own personal loyalty to McClellan, and accepted the job.
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President Lincoln had great faith in the abilities of General Ambrose Burnside. Three times he asked Burnside to take command of the Army of the Potomac. If he agreed, then Lincoln would dismiss McClellan and replace him with Burnside. On the third request Burnside accepted. McClellan was informed on November 7, 1862 that he was dismissed.