. The photographic history of the civil . ph ColonelWilliam G. Die Captain H \ FIGHTING JOE HOOKER WITH HIS STAFF Fighting Joe Hooker was a man of handsome physique and intense personal magnetism. He graduated at West Point in 1837 inthe same class with Jubal A. Early and Braxton Bragg. Having fought through the Mexican War. he resigned from the army in May 17. 1861, he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, and on May .>. lS(>->. major-general of volunteers. He was activethroughout the Peninsular campaign, and at Bristol- Station. Second
. The photographic history of the civil . ph ColonelWilliam G. Die Captain H \ FIGHTING JOE HOOKER WITH HIS STAFF Fighting Joe Hooker was a man of handsome physique and intense personal magnetism. He graduated at West Point in 1837 inthe same class with Jubal A. Early and Braxton Bragg. Having fought through the Mexican War. he resigned from the army in May 17. 1861, he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, and on May .>. lS(>->. major-general of volunteers. He was activethroughout the Peninsular campaign, and at Bristol- Station. Second Bull Kim. (hantilly. South Mountain and Antietam. He com-manded the center grand division of the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg. At last, on January -26. 1863, he was assigned byPresident Lincoln to the command of the Army of the Potomac. On the 4th of May. 1868, his right flank was surprised by Jackson atChancellorsville, and his 90,000 soldiers were forced to recross the Rappahannock. While fighting in the East he was wounded at[1601. , the Artist Captain R. H. Hall Lieutenant Major William Samuel W. Taylor H. Lawrence i REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. General General Colonel Joseph Daniel James D. Hooker BUTTERFIELD Fessenden ON THE SPOT WHENCE HE DIRECTED HIS BATfLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS Antietam, and stunned at Chancellorsville by a cannon-ball which struck a pillar against which he was leaning. In September, 18G3,he was sent with the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps to reenforce Rosecrans at Chattanooga. On November 24th. in the battle amongthe clouds at the head of his new command, he led a charge against the Confederate artillery and infantry posted on Lookout Moun-tain. For his conduct on this occasion he was brevetted major-general in the regular army. He further distinguished himself underSherman at Dalton and Resaca, and in the attack on Atlanta. At his own request (July 30, 1864) he was placed on waiting ordersSeptember 28th, when he was put in command of the Northern De
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