General Joseph Hooker: Fighting Joe and the Civil War

The Union's General Joseph Hooker was a career United State Army officer, fought in the Mexican-American War, but here, the focus will be his role as a major general during the Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. This must-have book for Civil War enthusiasts recounts Hooker's life and revisits the vast impact he had on the war's most decisive battles.

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Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.