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...any occasion in battle, with the lives of his men and the cause of his country in his keeping, Gren. Hooker was incapacitated for performing his whole duty as an officer by either the use of liquor or by the want of it. We protest against oft-repeated statements that "Fighting Joe Hooker, " while one of the bravest and ablest division commanders in the army, was possibly equal to handling a corps, but proved a failure as an independent commander. Assigned to the Army of the Potomac in January, 1863, after the disaster at Fredericksburg and the failure of oft-repeated campaigns, our army demoralized by defeat, desertions, and dissentions. Gen. Hooker re-organized his forces, stopped desertions, brought back to their colors thousands of absentees, and in three months revived confidence, re-estab- 148 ADDRESSES AND REVIEWS. Lished discipline, and enabled his army to take the field unsurpassed in loy- alty, courage, and eflBciency, as was shown at Chancellorsville and Gettys- burg. We say...

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