Joseph Hooker

(noun)

(November 13, 1814–October 31, 1879) A career U.S. Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Related Terms

  • Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
  • Robert E. Lee

Examples of Joseph Hooker in the following topics:

  • The Battle of Chancellorsville

    • The campaign pitted Union Army Major General Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against General Robert E.
    • Lincoln placed Major General Hooker in charge of the offensive, and Hooker developed a strategy that was, on paper, superior to those of his predecessors.
    • Despite his being in a potentially favorable situation, Hooker halted his brief offensive.
    • Hooker's decision to change plans led to disagreements and misunderstandings with his subordinates.
    • Joseph Hooker prior to the campaign.
  • The Battle of Fredericksburg

    • Sumner and Joseph Hooker to make multiple frontal assaults against Lieutenant General James Longstreet's position on Marye's Heights, all of which were repulsed with heavy losses.
    • Battle of Fredericksburg: The Army of the Potomac crossing the Rappahannock in the morning of December 13, 1862, under the command of Generals Burnside, Sumner, Hooker, and Franklin
  • The Second Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam

    • Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank.
  • Joseph II and Domestic Reform

    • Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790.
    • Joseph often threatened to resign as co-regent and emperor.
    • When Maria Theresa died in 1780, Joseph became the absolute ruler over the most extensive realm of Central Europe.
    • Joseph continued education and public health reforms initiated by his mother.
    • Joseph II is plowing the field near Slawikowitz in rural southern Moravia in 1769.
  • White-Collar Crime

    • Indeed, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped toxic waste into the abandoned Love Canal in Niagara Falls and sold the land without disclosing the dumping.
    • Indeed, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped toxic waste into the abandoned Love Canal in Niagara Falls and sold the land without disclosing the dumping.
  • The Pragmatic Sanction

    • In 1703, Charles and Joseph, the sons of Leopold, signed the Mutual Pact of Succession, granting succession rights to the daughters of Joseph and Charles in case of complete extinction of the male line, but favoring Joseph's daughters over Charles's because Joseph was older.
    • In 1705, Leopold I died and was succeeded by his elder son, Joseph I.
    • Six years later, Joseph I died leaving behind two daughters, Archduchesses Maria Josepha and Maria Amalia.
    • Charles succeeded Joseph, according to the Pact, and Maria Josepha became his heir presumptive.
    • His son, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, renounced claims on Austria in exchange for the return of his paternal duchy of Bavaria.
  • The Law of Definite Composition

    • French chemist Joseph Proust proposed the law of definite composition or proportions based on his experiments conducted between 1798 and 1804 on the elemental composition of water and copper carbonate.
  • Enlightened Despotism

    • However, most of his financial reforms were repealed shortly before or after Joseph's death in 1790.
    • Joseph created scholarships for talented poor students, and allowed the establishment of schools for Jews and other religious minorities.
    • Calling himself the guardian of Catholicism, Joseph II struck vigorously at papal power.
    • Joseph II is plowing the field near Slawikowitz in rural southern Moravia on 19 August 1769.
    • Joseph II was one of the first rulers in Central Europe, who attempted to abolish serfdom but his plans met with resistance from the landholders.
  • Liberty of Contract

    • In 1902 a New York baker named Joseph Lochner was fined for violating a state law limiting the number of hours his employees could work.
  • The Empire Style

    • While Bergeret designed the column, its execution was carried out by Jean-Joseph Foucou, Louis-Simon Boizot, François Joseph Bosio, Lorenzo Bartolini, Claude Ramey, François Rude, Corbet, Clodion and Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel.
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