American Civil War: General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Burnside" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ambrose Burnside">Ambrose Burnside</a> is relieved of command of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army of the Potomac">Army of the Potomac</a> after the disastrous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Fredericksburg campaign</a>. He is replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hooker" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a>.<sup about="#mwt91" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_26#cite_note-15" id="mwgQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwgg">[15]</span></a></sup>
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