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the Union troops to hold this most important fortification, and for that action he received the brevet of Major General of Volunteers. Stannard, with the Second Vermont Brigade, at Gettysburg, as everybody knows, did heroic work and helped largely to change a doubtful battle into victory. He was a hard fighter and a manly man, with noblest instincts. General Hooker's Congratulatory order: General orders, no. 47. Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Camp near Falmouth, Virginia, April 30, 1863. It is with heartfelt satisfaction the Commanding General announces to the Army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Corps have been a succession of splendid achievements. By command of Major General Hooker: S. Williams, Assistant Adjutant General.