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7 2 The American Civil Warbelonging to a particular corps. Hooker also
scrapped Burnside's Grand Divisions,
preferring to work with individual corps
commanders (seven Union corps would
participate in the upcoming campaign). By
the end of April, the Army of the Potomac
represented a formidable military instrument.
Its 134,000 well-equipped and supplied
soldiers anticipated success. One Ohioan,
impressed with the power of the army after a
major review, remarked: 'Such a great army!
Thunder and lightning! The Johnnies could
never whip this army!' Hooker described his
force as 'the finest army on the planet.' A
leading Confederate artillerist later agreed,
writing of 'Hooker's great army - the greatest
this country had ever seen.'
The Army of Northern Virginia lacked its