Joseph Hooker
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For the English botanist, see Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Joseph Hooker (1814 – 1879) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He fought Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, when Hooker's much larger army was defeated. After the battle, he was replaced by George Meade before the Battle of Gettysburg.
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