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JOSEPH HOOKER, a noted American officer, was born at Hadley, Massachusetts, November 13, 1814. He graduated
from West Point Military Academy in 1837, and was appointed lieutenant of artillery. He served in Florida in the
Seminole war, and in garrison until the outbreak of the Mexican war. During the latter he saw service as a staff
officer and was breveted captain, major and lieutenant colonel for gallantry at Monterey, National Bridge and Chapultepec.
Resigning his commission in 1833 he took up farming in California, which he followed until 1861. During this time
he acted as superintendent of military roads in Oregon. At the outbreak of the Rebellion Hooker tendered his services
to the government, and, May 17, 1861, was appointed brigadier general of volunteers. He served in the defence of
Washington and on the lower Potomac until his appointment to the command of a division in the Third Corps, in March,
1862. For gallant con duct at the siege of Yorktown and in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Frazier's Farm
and Malvern Hill he was made major general. At the head of his division he participated in the battles of Manassas
and Chantilly. September 6, 1862, he was placed at the head of the First Corps, and in the battles of South Mountain
and Antietarn acted with his usual gallantry, being wounded in the latter engagement. On rejoining the army in
November he was made brigadier general in the regular army. On General Burnside attaining the command of the Army
of the Potomac General Hooker was placed in command of the center grand division, consisting of the Second and
Fifth Corps. At the head of these gallant men he participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.
In January, 1863, General Hooker assumed command of the Army of the Potomac, and in May following fought the battle
of Chancellorsville. At the time of the invasion of Pennsylvania, owing to a dispute with General Halleck, Hooker
requested to be relieved of his command, and June 28 was succeeded by George G. Meade. In September, 1863, General
Hooker was given command of the Twentieth Corps and transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and distinguished
himself at the battles of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold. In the Atlanta campaign he saw almost
daily service and merited his wellknown nickname of "Fighting Joe." July 30, 1864, at his own request,
he was relieved of his command. He subsequently was in command of several military departments in the north, and
in October, 1868, was retired with the full rank of major-general. He died October 31, 1879.
FROM:
A Biographical Record
Of Schuyler County, New York
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
New York and Chicago 1903.
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