The Flying Dutchmen-The Battle of Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania VA
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The target of Jackson's attack was General Oliver O. Howard's Eleventh Corps, which extended for more than a mile along the Orange Turnpike.
Waymark Code: WM18JMV
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2023
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The Flying Dutchmen-The Battle of Chancellorsville
— Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —
The target of Jackson's attack was General Oliver O. Howard's Eleventh Corps, which extended for more than a mile along the Orange Turnpike. The Eleventh Corps was relatively new to the Army of the Potomac. Its 11,000 men included a large percentage of German immigrants - men with names like Peisser and Buschbeck, Schurz and Schimmelfennig.
Union pickets had warned Howard of the enemy's approach, but he had ignored their reports. Headquarters had assured him that the Confederate army was in retreat. Now, as the Southerners bore down upon Howard's flank, the men of the corps broke ranks and fled. Although the general and his officers eventually restored order, they could not restore the corps' reputation. From then on, the Eleventh Corps would be known derisively as "the Flying Dutchmen."
"Why did we run? Well, those who didn't are there yet!"
-Private William B. Southerton, 79th Ohio Volunteers
LOCATION: Marker is in Spotsylvania County Virginia at 10127 Plank Rd,
Spotsylvania VA 22553. Located at driving tour stop eight of the Battle of Chancellorsville, Jackson's Flank Attack.
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