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Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. The setting is Brandy Station, Virginia, ten months after the greateszt cavalry battle of the war had played out across its fields and now headquarters for Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac. Gen. Meade reorganized the army in March 1864 and in the shuffle broke up the venerable Hooker Brigade, in existence since late summer of 1861. In an effort to keep the brigade together for a few more months, until the three-year enlistments of its veterans would expire, the junior officers protested the order. Five of the so-called ring leaders were charged with mutiny and other offenses and court martialed. Four of the five were from the 11th Massachusetts, a unit that wore the white diamond insignia of the Hooker Brigade with unbounding pride and honor. The story follows the key players through the reorganization, the courts martial, and into the Wilderness, where many of them perished, using direct quotes from their diaries, memoirs and reports as well as original transcripts of the trials. Notes. Illustrated. As new hardcover in a as new, mylar covered, unclipped dust jacket. The pictures on the listing page are of the actual book for sale, NOT stock photos.…