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Fighting Joe Hooker,

Author: Walter H Hebert
Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1944]
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : [1st ed.]View all editions and formats
Summary:
"I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you." With this opening sentence in a two-page letter from Abraham Lincoln, Union general Joseph Hooker (1814-79) gained a prominent place in Civil War history. Hooker  Read more...
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Named Person: Joseph Hooker; Joseph Hooker
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Walter H Hebert
OCLC Number: 1371562
Description: 366 p. illus., maps, ports. 22 cm.
Contents: The early training of a fighter --
Civil interlude in California and Oregan --
The first command --
In lower Maryland --
Yorktown and Williamsburg --
On the offensive along the Chickahominy --
The change of base --
Second Bull Run --
The Antietam campaign --
Sick leave and Fredericksburg --
Appointment to the command of the army of the Potomac --
"Administrative Joe" --
Preliminaries of the spring campaign --
Hooker loses confidence in Hooker --
Army without a head --
Aftermath of the campaign --
Removal from the command --
Hooker goes west --
The battle above the clouds --
The Atlanta campaign --
Later life.
Responsibility: by Walter H. Hebert.

Abstract:

"I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you." With this opening sentence in a two-page letter from Abraham Lincoln, Union general Joseph Hooker (1814-79) gained a prominent place in Civil War history. Hooker assumed command of an army demoralized by defeat and diminished by desertion. Acting swiftly, the general reorganized his army, routed corruption among quartermasters, improved food and sanitation, and boosted morale by granting furloughs and amnesties. His hour of fame and the test of his military skill came in the May 1863 battle of Chancellorsville. It was one of the Union Army's worst defeats; shortly thereafter Hooker's resignation was accepted. This biography covers Hooker's renewal as an important commander in the western theater during the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns, as well his life before and after his Civil War military service.

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