Understand he used to keep stragglers moving by having other troops marching behind with fixed bayonets...lol.

Another thing about that. He probably felt he had to "whip" up some spirit with the eleventh corps. They might have fought mit Siegel but as one Yank said, they didn't fight too well mit Howard. Not to knock German Americans elsewhere during the war. They and Irish Americans made a very strong contribution to the war effort.