. Hood's Texas brigade, its marches, its battles, its achievements . appointing Fighting Joe Hooker as his successor. General Hookerhad his hands full at once. The Federal army had deeply re-sented the removal of McClellan from its command after thebattles around Richmond. It had no time to voice its pro-test until he was restored to command, just before the battleof Sharpsburg. As it was thought he would be allowed tocontinue in command, the disaffection ceased. When, how-ever, he was again removed, and Burnside appointed to suc-ceed him, the disaffection revived, and growing greater asevents
. Hood's Texas brigade, its marches, its battles, its achievements . appointing Fighting Joe Hooker as his successor. General Hookerhad his hands full at once. The Federal army had deeply re-sented the removal of McClellan from its command after thebattles around Richmond. It had no time to voice its pro-test until he was restored to command, just before the battleof Sharpsburg. As it was thought he would be allowed tocontinue in command, the disaffection ceased. When, how-ever, he was again removed, and Burnside appointed to suc-ceed him, the disaffection revived, and growing greater asevents proved the incapacity of the new commander, reachedits height when he was removed and Hooker appointed. An-other cause for disaffection was the Emancipation Proclama-tion issued by President Lincoln when assured by his advisersthat the battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam, as they called it,was a decisive victory for the Union arms. Many of theofficers in high command, and especially those who had servedin the regular army, were far from hostile to slavery. A large. Lieutenant w. W. HendersonCompany B, Fifth Texas Regiment FACING 144 HOODS TEXAS BRIGADE 145 proportion of the private soldiers, especially in regimentsraised in the large cities of the North, looked with bitter aver-sion upon the negro. For quite a while after General Hooker took command, hisarmy appeared to be undergoing a process of only were there as many as 200 desertions a day, but thesoldiers at the front were encouraged and advised to desertby their friends and relatives at home, and every aid giventhem. Practically the entire army yet resented the removal ofMcClellan, and the appointments first of Burnside and thenof Hooker, and believed that the Federal government wouldbe forced to restore McClellan to command and abandon itspolicy of emancipation. What with deserters and those ab-sent by leave, 85,000 men, of whom 4000 were commissionedofficers, left the army and scattered all over the No
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