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Definition of Fighting joe hooker
1. Noun. United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fighting Joe Hooker
Literary usage of Fighting joe hooker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Recollections of Distinguished Generals by William Franklin Gore Shanks (1866)
"... Y. fighting joe hooker. THE name and fame of General Joe Hooker are, as they
ought to be, dear to every American, for he is eminently a national man. ..."
2. The Life and Public Services of Winfield Scott Hancock, Major-general, U.S.A. by Frederick Elizur Goodrich, Frederick Octavius Prince (1880)
"Fighting Joe " Hooker in command of the Army of the Potomac.—The Clover Badge.—Hancock
again leads his Division across the ..."
3. The Campaign of Chancellorsville: A Strategic and Tactical Study by John Bigelow (1910)
"He was more mortified than gratified at being known both in and out of the army
as fighting joe hooker. "It sounds to me like Fighting Fool," he once said. ..."
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