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Hooker (JOSEPH an American mil- States)

JOSEPH, an American mil- States Military Aca served in the Florida and Mexican Wars.

In 1853 he resigned from the army, but Academy, in 1837, and lan and in northern Virginia and Maryon the outbreak of the Civil War he land, receiving a wound at the battle of Antietam. On account of his bravery lan and in northern Virginia and Mary- re-entered it. He fought under McClelhis soldiers nicknamed him "Fighting Joe Hooker." His soldiers, especially his care that they be well fed, made him popular with the rank and file. In 1863 he was made well fed, made him popular with the concern for his commander of the Army of the Potomac, of Chancellorsville, in which nearly and in May he fought the bloody battle and in May he fought to a difference between himself and Genght the bloody battle 30,000 were killed or wounded. Owing eral Halleck, Hooker resigned his command (1863), but he still served as major-general, and fought under Grant at Chattanooga and under Sherman at army. He died in Garden City, N. Y., Atlanta. In 1868 he retired from the Oct. 31, 1879.

Atlanta. In 1868 he retired from the English botanist; born in Halesworth, Suffolk, June 30, 1817. He was assistant