joseph hooker
- n United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
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- THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Joseph Hooker was sacked as commander of the Union’s Army of the Potomac, replaced by George G. Meade. Hooker had served only months in the leadership post, promoted there by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863 in place of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside after Burnside’s disastrous stint at the helm. read more
June 27, 2013 - The Times Record