This general resigned as a Corps Commander after not being appointed to replace the late James McPherson as head of the Army of the Tennessee.
This man caused a scandal by trying to make the disgraced Charles P. Stone his chief of staff. This man suffered a foot wound in the cornfield at Antietam while leading a charge against Stonewall Jackson. This general resigned as a Corps Commander after not being appointed to replace the late James McPherson as head of the Army of the Tennessee. This man told the New York Times that "nothing would go right" until the United States had a dictator, after which Lincoln reminded him that only victorious generals can establish dictatorships. This man was selected over William Sherman to command the charge up Lookout Mountain at the Battle of Chattanooga. This man achieved his highest post after he criticized his commander for the disastrous "Mud March". At his most famous battle, this man faced a numerically inferior and divided army, yet still lost to Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. For 10 points, name this Union general best known for his defeat at Chancellorsville.
This man caused a scandal by trying to make the disgraced Charles P. Stone his chief of staff.
Joseph Hooker