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>> jackson's plan is to march 26,000 men around hooker's forces into the dense, tangled forest known as the wilderness and launch a surprise attack on the vulnerable far-right flank of the union army. >> the union right was way out in the middle of the woods where nobody thought anybody was ever gonna be going. hooker sent this force out there, the xi corps, with general o.o. howard. >> read them and weep, boys. >> a lot of the soldiers in his command were german, and they're all just sort of sitting there 'cause they think they're far from the action. [ gunfire ]
with my entire corps. >> jackson's plan is to march 26,000 men around hooker's forces into the dense, tangled forest known as the wilderness and launch a surprise attack on the vulnerable far-right flank of the union army. >> the union right was way out in the middle of the woods where nobody thought anybody was ever gonna be going. hooker sent this force out there, the xi corps, with general o.o. howard. >> read them and weep, boys. >> a lot of the soldiers in his command were german, and they're all just sort of sitting there 'cause they think they're far from the action.