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Nickname(s)
  
"Fighting Joe"

Name
  
Joseph Hooker


Role
  
Major

Awards
  
Founder's Gold Medal

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Born
  
November 13, 1814Hadley, Massachusetts (
1814-11-13
)

Buried at
  
Spring Grove CemeteryCincinnati, Ohio

Allegiance
  
United States of AmericaUnion

Service/branch
  
United States ArmyCalifornian militia

Years of service
  
1837–1853, 1861–1868 (U.S.)1859–1861 (California)

Rank
  
Major General (U.S.) Colonel (California)

Died
  
October 31, 1879, Garden City, New York, United States

Parents
  
Joseph Hooker IV, Mary Seymour

Similar People
  
Ambrose Burnside, George Meade, George B McClellan, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E Lee

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Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1879) was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

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