Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker
Portrait by Mathew Brady or Levin C. Handy
Nickname(s)	Fighting Joe
Born	(1814-11-13)November 13, 1814 Hadley, Massachusetts
Died	October 31, 1879(1879-10-31) (aged 64) Garden City, New York
Place of burial	Spring Grove Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Branch	United States Army California Militia
Years of service	1837–1853, 1861–1868 (USA) 1859–1861 (California)
Rank	Major general (USA) Colonel (California)
Commands	I Corps Army of the Potomac XX Corps Department of the East
Battles / wars	Seminole Wars Mexican-American War American Civil War Battle of Williamsburg Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Chattanooga Campaign Atlanta Campaign

Joseph Hooker (1814 – 1879) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He fought Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, when Hooker's much larger army was defeated. After the battle, he was replaced by George G. Meade before the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Media related to Joseph Hooker at Wikimedia Commons

• "Fighting Joe" Hooker Biography and timeline Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Joseph Hooker in Encyclopedia Virginia
• Hooker biography on Civil War Home
• Joseph Hooker Source Page and Photo Gallery Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Hooker article from the California State Military Museum
• General Joseph Hooker House Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine in Sonoma, California
• Letter to Major General Joseph Hooker from President Abraham Lincoln, January 26, 1863 Archived November 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
• "Joseph Hooker". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-12.

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