Joseph Hooker | |
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![]() Portrait by Mathew Brady or Levin C. Handy | |
Nickname | Fighting Joe |
Born | Hadley, Massachusetts | November 13, 1814
Died | October 31, 1879 Garden City, New York | (aged 64)
Place of burial | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Allegiance | ![]() Union |
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Years of service | 1837–1853, 1861–1868 (USA) 1859–1861 (California) |
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Commands held | I Corps Army of the Potomac XX Corps Department of the East |
Battles/wars | Seminole Wars Mexican-American War American Civil War |
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.