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Hooker, Joseph
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Hooker, Joseph (1814–1879), Civil War general.Graduating twenty‐ninth of a class of fifty at the U.S. Military Academy, Hooker won three brevets in the
Mexican War, but angered
Winfield Scott by testifying against him in a court of inquiry. While a civilian colonel in the California militia in the 1850s, he had a major disagreement with Henry W. Halleck. During the Civil War, he advanced his way up the promotion ladder as a Union leader, often denigrating other officers, until he found himself commanding the Army of the Potomac to its disastrous defeat at the
Battle of Chancellorsville. He served under
William Tecumseh Sherman as a corps commander but demanded reassignment when he failed to receive command of the Army of the Tennessee. From 1 October 1864 to his retirement in 1868, he held inconspicuous assignments.
Hooker had the reputation for being a drinker and a womanizer and is often erroneously cited as the inspiration for prostitutes being called “hookers.” He gained the nickname “Fighting Joe” when the newspaper headline “Fighting—Joe Hooker” was in error printed as “Fighting Joe Hooker.” His is the tale of a military man of limited ability, reaching command beyond his talents and paying the awful price of
casualties to his men and ruin to his reputation.
[See also
Civil War: Military and Diplomatic Course;
Union Army.]
Bibliography
Walter H. Herbert , Fighting Joe Hooker, 1944.
Ernest B. Furgurson , Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave, 1992.
John F. Marszalek
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"From having no Herbarium." Local Knowledge versus Metropolitan Expertise: Joseph Hooker's Australasian Correspondence with William Colenso and Ronald Gunn. (1).(botanist)(Museums and the Cultivation of Knowledge in the Pacific)
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Abstract: Between 1844 and 1860, Joseph Dalton Hooker published a series of major floras...visited the countries he described, Hooker relied on a large network of unpaid...In 1854, THE BRITISH botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker (Figure 1) criticized...
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Joseph Hooker's stockings: worn by the botanist during James Clark Ross's 1839-43 Antarctic expedition.(FROM THE collection)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 6/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a young boy, Joseph Dalton Hooker would sit on his grandfather's...lay hidden beneath the ice cap. Hooker was just 22 at the time and lucky...professor--the esteemed William Hooker, who later became the director...
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Country & Garden: Of travels with my plants When young Joseph Hooker set off for the South Pole in 1839, he little knew that one day he would change the English garden forever
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/12/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...peculiar emotions" which the young Joseph Hooker described on seeing new countries...opportunities for real discovery. Hooker, who went on to become an influential...wind failed at the wrong moment. Hooker worked at a table under the stern...
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Hooker / Schubert Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. W. Hooker
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/1/1997; 295 words
; Margaret Earl Schubert and Joseph Henry Willard Hooker Jr. were married at the First Congregational Church...son of Mrs. Robert T. Steel of Needham and the late Joseph Henry Willard Hooker of Newport, R.I., graduated from Roger Williams...
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Hooker lost a battle but saved a Union army.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; Joe Hooker is our leader, he takes his whiskey strong...President Abraham Lincoln to Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker on Jan. 26, 1863. "Of course it was...commander of the Army of the Potomac, Hooker went forward. A few months later, he...
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GENERAL HOOKER'S HONOR HOW DID A SOLDIER OF DUBIOUS DISTINCTION RATE A STATUE IN FRONT OF OUR STATE HOUSE?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; What is a gigantic statue of Joseph Hooker doing in front of the State House...Horace Mann and John F. Kennedy? Hooker, after all, is remembered by Civil...in May 1863. What's more, Hooker was "a most objectionable fellow...
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AUST'S SUNCORP-METWAY SELLS HOOKER CORP FOR US$62 MLN.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 10/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...planned to further develop the LJ Hooker business. "It has long been...commended for expanding the LJ Hooker network over the past decade...the business," he added. Mr Hooker said the expansion of the business...of the company, Sir Leslie Joseph Hooker. Sir Leslie was born...
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Hookers: The Never-Ending Story
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/14/1989; 451 words
; ...and the Union troops of Gen. Joseph Hooker {Free for All, Sept...Potomac from modern Quantico). Hooker's greatest prominence in...aside, it is doubtful that Hooker's name would ever have been...prostitution had the word "hooker" not already been sufficiently...Style article "The Original ...
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Hookers-The Continuing Saga
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/7/1989; 494 words
; Willis C. Rowe was right about Union Gen. Joseph Hooker's connection to the word "hooker" {Free for All, Sept. 30}. During the...known today as the Federal Triangle. Apparently Hooker's officers were a randy lot, and the story...
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Suncorp-Metway sells Hooker Corp for AUD82m.
Magazine article from: Global Banking News (GBN); 10/15/2009; 538 words
; ...2009-Suncorp-Metway sells Hooker Corp for AUD82m(C)2009...mortgage originator business Hooker Corporation to businessman Leslie Janusz Hooker for AUD82m. Brisbane-based...grandson of founder Leslie Joseph Hooker. Hooker Corporation...
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Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...Smocovitis Bibliography Allen, M. The Hookers of Kew, 1785-1911. London: Michael Joseph, 1967. Desmond, R. "Joseph Hooker." In Dictionary of Scientific Biography...Leonard. Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. London: John Murray...
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Joseph Hooker
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Hooker 1814-79, Union general in the American...Seminole and serving in the Mexican War, Hooker resigned from the army in 1853 and was...After the battle of Fredericksburg , Hooker severely criticized Ambrose Burnside...
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Hooker, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Hooker, Joseph (1814–1879...U.S. Military Academy, Hooker won three brevets in the Mexican...inconspicuous assignments. Hooker had the reputation for being...prostitutes being called “hookers.” He gained the...Fighting—Joe Hooker” was in error ...
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Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817–1911) A British...succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens...Charles Darwin , who relied greatly on Hooker's botanical knowledge in his books on...
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Hooker, William Jackson
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Hooker, William Jackson...Hooker was the son of Joseph Hooker, a merchant...him on another trip. Hooker hoped to go to Ceylon...interference in his plans for Hooker, but Turner saw a...their five children, Joseph Dalton Hooker, the...
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