He would thus have gained a strategic if not a tactical victory; his shortcomings would have been forgotten, and he would have been regarded as one of the greatest strategists of the age.

Hooker, however, had left so many things undone, that it is by no means certain he would have carried out this policy, although he expressed his intention to do so.

Sedgwick's movement, in my opinion, added another example to the evil effects of converging columns against a central force.
There is little more to add in relation to Hooker's operations.
On the night of the 4th, he called a council of war, and after stating the situation to them, absented himself, in order that they might have full liberty to discuss the subject.

Reynolds was exhausted, and went to sleep, saying that his vote would be the same as that of Meade.

Meade voted to remain, because he thought it would be impossible to cross in the presence of the enemy.
Sickles and Couch voted to retreat.