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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.
- Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1879), sometimes called "Fighting Joe", was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1862, he commanded the I Corps of the Army of the Potomac under George McClellan. He rose to command that Army after the removal of both McClellan and Ambrose Burnside, before being removed himself, following his defeat at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863. He was then transferred to join with William Sherman's army in Tennessee and Georgia, where he served competently in late 1863 and early 1864.
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