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The chief victim of Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack, Gen. Oliver O. Howard commanded the troops on Hooker’s right flank that were routed on the evening of May 2. As this account of the Federal disaster by Sgt. James Peabody of Ohio reveals, many of Howard’s men had little regard for their general’s abilities. |
![]() GEN. OLIVER O. HOWARD |