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Fighting Joe Hooker   /fˈaɪtɪŋ dʒoʊ hˈʊkər/   Listen
Fighting Joe Hooker

noun
1.
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879).  Synonyms: Hooker, Joseph Hooker.





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... resigned, and Gen. Joseph Hooker was appointed Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Hooker had been named "Fighting Joe Hooker." As a rule I think, the men were pleased with ...
— Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 • Charles Augustus Fuller


Words linked to "Fighting Joe Hooker" :   full general, Joseph Hooker, general


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