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Hooker Named New Commander of Army of the Potomac
Lincoln replaces Burnside with Joseph Hooker after the Fredericksburg defeat and Mud March. The letter to Hooker warns against rashness and warns of army dissent, while peers debate his readiness and past actions. Hooker, a Massachusetts native, is described as tall and capable though wary of dictatorship comments.
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Merton T. Akers
United Press International
Army of the Potomac
Virginia
President Lincoln
Ambrose E. Burnside
Hooker
Noah Brooks
Washington
Burnside
Lee
Lincoln
Joseph Hooker
Napoleon
Darius Couch
William F. Smith
O. O. Howard
Carl Schurz
George G. Meade
Hadley
Mass