Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to episode number 253 of our Civil War podcast.

My name is Rich and unfortunately Tracy won't be with us today.

She had to go into school today and do some work, so that means you guys are stuck with

just me for this show.

I know, I know.

But this week we're actually talking about something pretty interesting, or at least

we think it's pretty interesting.

As you guys will recall, when last we left the Army of the Potomac, it was after the

defeat at Fredrick Spurg and December 1862 and the debacle of the Mud March in January.

And then on January 25th 1863, fighting Joe Hooker replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander

of the Army of the Potomac.

So we could have picked back up with the story right there, but we realized that in order

to really understand what had been happening with the Army of the Potomac, what was happening

in that army, and what will happen with the Army of the Potomac, we needed to take a

bit of time to talk about what Stephen Sears calls the General's Revolt.

Sears writes that, quote, the General's Revolt was an amorphous sort of thing.

It'll define and hard to pin down, but for some 10 months it was always there lurking

somewhere in the dark corners of the Army.

The participants varied, shifting and changing.

Sometimes it could be dismissed as just loose talk.

At other times it seemed genuinely threatening.

But however difficult it might be to define, the Revolt of the Generals is something

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