Hurrah for Old Joe!: Hooker Wins at Chancellorsville

I wonder if Hooker will try to get a younger officer to command an Army of the James built around those two corps.....considering Dix's age and lack of field experience, Hooker may want a younger and more vigorous Commander to command such a campaign.

BTW has Hooker made any suggestions to Lincoln for actions in the Western Theater?

They could always replace Dix with Ben Butler.:p I'll do another post on the West next.
 
I just came across this thread regarding Longstreet; in it, one poster mentions that without the supplies Lee gathered in Pennsylvania during his second invasion, the AoNV would have starved.

ITTL, with Lee driven back to the North Anna and the Shenandoah Valley under attack, Lee could be facing a serious supply problem; this could make him do something desperate. If Hooker is aware of the AoNV's supply problems, he could take advantage of it.
 
If I remember correctly that was one of the reason Longstreet was in Southeast Virginia in the first place.
Longstreet was originally sent to counter a reported advance on Petersburg from Suffolk with two divisions of 20,000 men. When the attack did not materialize, Longstreet began foraging operations for supplying the AoNV since the area was not heavily affected by the war. He also began thinking about attacking Suffolk.
To counter such an attack Samuel Phillips Lee sent 6 gunboats to the James River. These gunboats engaged in a series of artillery duels with Longstreet's troops; at one point a gunboat landed troops with boat howitzers to capture five field guns and 130 prisoners, much to Longstreet's embarrasment.

Source: James M. McPherson, War on the Waters, page 197.
 
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