Joseph Hooker Biography

Joseph Hooker biography

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NAME: Joseph Hooker
OCCUPATION: General
BIRTH DATE: November 13, 1814
DEATH DATE: October 31, 1879
EDUCATION: West Point
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hadley, Massachusetts
PLACE OF DEATH: Garden City, New York
Nickname: Fighting Joe

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Joseph Hooker was a Union general in the American Civil War who successfully reorganized the Army of the Potomac in 1863.

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Joseph Hooker was born November 13, 1814 in Hadley, Massachusetts. In 1862 he participated in all the major Eastern campaigns of the Civil War. When General A.E. Burnside resigned from the Army of the Potomac, Hooker succeeded him. at the Battle of Chancellorsville he was outmaneuvered. In 1863, he won the “Battle Above the Clouds," after which he ceased to play an active part in the war.