After General Joseph Hooker's defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, he was replaced by General George Meade as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Meade took command just days before the Battle of Gettysburg, which would become a turning point in the American Civil War. Hooker's leadership was criticized for his failure to capitalize on his numerical advantage at Chancellorsville.
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