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General Joseph Hooker Stereoview A seldom seen view of
General Hooker by noted photographer J. Gurney & Son and
marked as such on the back with the date 1868. $225.00
Hooker, Joseph, major-general, was born at Hadley, Mass., in 1815,
graduated in the military academy at West Point in 1837, and served
in the Mexican war, rising to the rank of captain of artillery, and the
brevet of lieutenant-colonel in the staff. From 1859 to 1861 he was a
colonel in the California militia. When the Civil war broke out in
1861, he was made brigadier-general of volunteers and put in
command of the defenses of Washington, Aug. 12, 1861; but his
commission was dated back to May 17. When Gen. McClellan
moved to the Peninsula Gen. Hooker's brigade was added to the
command, and for gallant service at Williamsburg he was promoted to
be major-general of volunteers, May 5, 1862. During Gen. Pope's
operations before Washington Gen. Hooker was very active, and at
Antietam, Sept. 17, was wounded, and was soon after promoted to the
rank of brigadier-general of the regular army. At the disastrous
repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg in December, he commanded
the center of the army. In Jan., 1863, he was appointed to the
command of the Army of the Potomac, and on May 2-4, fought and
lost the battle of Chancellorsville. He resigned his command on June
28, and remained in Baltimore waiting orders till Sept. 24, when he
was put in command of the 20th army corps and sent to Chattanooga,
Tenn. He distinguished himself at Lookout valley, Lookout mountain,
Missionary ridge, and Ringgold, Oct 27, to Nov. 27, was actively
engaged in the march to Atlanta; again relieved of command, July 30,
1864; in command successively of the Northern, Eastern, and Lake
departments, and of the retiring board till Sept. 1, 1866. He was
brevetted major-general of the United States army in March, 1865, and
in consequence of disability put upon the retired list, with the full rank
of major-general, in 1868. He died at Garden City, L. I., Oct. 31,1879.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 8
General Hooker by noted photographer J. Gurney & Son and
marked as such on the back with the date 1868. $225.00
Hooker, Joseph, major-general, was born at Hadley, Mass., in 1815,
graduated in the military academy at West Point in 1837, and served
in the Mexican war, rising to the rank of captain of artillery, and the
brevet of lieutenant-colonel in the staff. From 1859 to 1861 he was a
colonel in the California militia. When the Civil war broke out in
1861, he was made brigadier-general of volunteers and put in
command of the defenses of Washington, Aug. 12, 1861; but his
commission was dated back to May 17. When Gen. McClellan
moved to the Peninsula Gen. Hooker's brigade was added to the
command, and for gallant service at Williamsburg he was promoted to
be major-general of volunteers, May 5, 1862. During Gen. Pope's
operations before Washington Gen. Hooker was very active, and at
Antietam, Sept. 17, was wounded, and was soon after promoted to the
rank of brigadier-general of the regular army. At the disastrous
repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg in December, he commanded
the center of the army. In Jan., 1863, he was appointed to the
command of the Army of the Potomac, and on May 2-4, fought and
lost the battle of Chancellorsville. He resigned his command on June
28, and remained in Baltimore waiting orders till Sept. 24, when he
was put in command of the 20th army corps and sent to Chattanooga,
Tenn. He distinguished himself at Lookout valley, Lookout mountain,
Missionary ridge, and Ringgold, Oct 27, to Nov. 27, was actively
engaged in the march to Atlanta; again relieved of command, July 30,
1864; in command successively of the Northern, Eastern, and Lake
departments, and of the retiring board till Sept. 1, 1866. He was
brevetted major-general of the United States army in March, 1865, and
in consequence of disability put upon the retired list, with the full rank
of major-general, in 1868. He died at Garden City, L. I., Oct. 31,1879.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 8
