“Fighting Joe” Hooker … Or Was He ?

“Fighting Joe” Hooker … Or Was He ?

by | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized

Joseph Hooker, born November 13, 1814 in Hadley, Massachusetts, was from a family with long time Yankee roots and whose grandfather fought as a captain in the American Revolution.  Young Joseph was accepted into the class of 1837 at West Point where he was an...