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Title	Joseph Hooker Photo 2
Description	Formal portrait of soldier who served in a New York state military unit during the Civil War. Photograph shows vignette bust shot of man in uniform (looks like a charcoal print). Numbers on the front of some photographs refer to an index no longer extant. At one point, most of these photographs were tacked to the wall of the State Capital building in Albany, New York.
Subject.LCSH	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject.TGM	Cartes de visite Soldiers
Subject.Personal_Name	Hooker, Joseph
Subject.Corporate_Name	United States. Army. Volunteers General Staff, (1861-1866)
NY Heritage Topic	Military People
Date of Original	1861-1865
Time Period	American Civil War; 1861-1865
Physical Format	Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Physical Description	Photograph; albumen; b&w; 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10 x 6 cm.)
Relation	Reference back of image at http://24.39.195.147/dbtw-wpd/images/photographs/PA.1999.0014.1368_back.jpg
Type	Still Image
Language	eng
Format of Digital	image/jpeg
Identifier	PA.1999.0014.1368
Holding Institution	New York State Military Museum
Contact Information	61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518-581-5100 http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/mil-hist.htm
Publisher of Digital	New York State Military Museum
Digital Collection	Civil War Carte de Visite Collection
Library Council	Capital District Library Council
Notes	Joseph Hooker Residence was not listed; a 47 year-old US Army Officer. Enlisted on 5/17/1861 as a Brig General. On 5/17/1861 he was commissioned into US Volunteers General Staff He was Mustered Out on 9/1/1866 (Prior service in US Army from 07/01/1837 until 02/21/1853) On 9/20/1862 he was commissioned into US Army General Staff He was Retired on 10/15/1868 Promotions: * Major-Gen 5/5/1862 * Major-Gen 3/13/1865 by Brevet (Chattanooga, TN) * Major-Gen 10/15/1868 Other Information: born 11/13/1814 in Hadley, MA died 10/31/1879 in Garden City, NY Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH Gravesite: 30-A-2 (Graduate USMA 07/01/1837) Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903 - Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders - Research by Ray Nagel (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com JOSEPH HOOKER Hooker, Joseph, major-general, was born at Hadley, Mass., in 1815, graduated in the military academy at West Point in 1837, and served in the Mexican war, rising to the rank of captain of artillery, and the brevet of lieutenant-colonel in the staff. From 1859 to 1861 he was a colonel in the California militia. When the Civil war broke out in 1861, he was made brigadier-general of volunteers and put in command of the defenses of Washington, Aug. 12, 1861; but his commission was dated back to May 17. When Gen. McClellan moved to the Peninsula Gen. Hooker's brigade was added to the command, and for gallant service at Williamsburg he was promoted to be major-general of volunteers, May 5, 1862. During Gen. Pope's operations before Washington Gen. Hooker was very active, and at Antietam, Sept. 17, was wounded, and was soon after promoted to the rank of brigadier-general of the regular army. At the disastrous repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg in December, he commanded the center of the army. In Jan., 1863, he was appointed to the command of the Army of the Potomac, and on May 2-4, fought and lost the battle of Chancellorsville. He resigned his command on June 28, and remained in Baltimore waiting orders till Sept. 24, when he was put in command of the 20th army corps and sent to Chattanooga, Tenn. He distinguished himself at Lookout valley, Lookout mountain, Missionary ridge, and Ringgold, Oct 27, to Nov. 27, was actively engaged in the march to Atlanta; again relieved of command, July 30, 1864; in command successively of the Northern, Eastern, and Lake departments, and of the retiring board till Sept. 1, 1866. He was brevetted major-general of the United States army in March, 1865, and in consequence of disability put upon the retired list, with the full rank of major-general, in 1868. He died at Garden City, L. I., Oct. 31, 1879. Source: The Union Army, vol. 8
Rights	Items in the Civil War Carte de Visite Collection are in the public domain. Please credit the New York State Military Museum.
Technical Data	Scans were made using an Epson 1640 XL; archival TIFFS created in color at 600 dpi. JPEGs created with Adobe Photoshop at 300 dpi.
Transcript	On Front: 'Hooker.' On reverse: 'Hooker.'
File Name	PA.1999.0014.1368.jpg

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