Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1862-11-06
Maior- General Joseph Hooker.


high, the admiration and and conhdenc
Of his country in this great crisis wa
born 40 Hadey Mass, in 1919, aud
consequently fOrty-three years Of age
His parents are not living. He has n
brother Two of three sisters are maj
ried in Jefferson County, New York, an
the other in Cincinnati. He is himself
bachelor. lie entered the army froT
West Point in 1887, Second Lieutenan
First Artillery, and was promoted t
First Lieutenant in 1888, Adjutant Mil
itary Academy in 1914, Regimental Ad
infant lS4l to lS46. Throughout til
Mexican war, in all its hard conflicts
he was we'll known as one Of the brave,
as he is now so we'll known in this strug
gle. He was breveted Captain in lS4I
''for gallant conduct in the several con
ficts at Monterey on the 2lst, 22d ant
23l of September 1876 Brevetted Cap
tain Staff-Assistan: Adjutant-Genera
--1847, anl again in the same year bre
vetted Major, ''for gallant and merito.
rous conduct at National Bridge" Bre,
vetted Lieutenant Colonel in the same
year. also "for gallant and meritorouS
conduct in the battle Of Chepultepec "
Thus much for his career in the Mexican
campaigns.
In 1S43 he rose in regular line oi
promotion in his regiment TO full cap
tiancy, and in the same year vacated hit
regimental commission and accepted the
appointment Of Assistant Adjnlant- Gen
eral with the rank of Captain which po-
. sition he continued to I'LL till in 1853
when he resigned while on duty in Cal
iiornia. purchased tract of land, and
became farmer in Sonoma. on the Bay
of San Francisco. From this employ.
ment when the Government made an
appropriation for National road con-
Meeting California and Oregon, he was
summoned to superintend that enterprise
hv Colonel Bache, of the Typographical
engineer corps, who was in charge oI
that appropriation, and who well under
stood his capacity and fidelity Gener-
al Hooker had just finished this work re-
turned to California when, like Cincin-
natus, he was literally summoned from
his plough to fight the battles ofhis conn
try. Atthe frat reverberaiion ofthe ar
tillery Of Fort Sumpter npon tho shores
of the Pacific, he started Immediately for
the field Of conflict, AMI on his arrival
was in Nav 1861, made Brigldier. Cen
eral of Volunteers, and placed in COM
inand Of the first and Eleventh Massa-
chnSetts, Second New Hampshire and
Twenty-Sixth Pennsylvania Regiments
then located at Bladensburg, and which
in their triumphant subsequent career,
have. under their noble leader so fairly
earned tho name Of "Hooker's Fighting
Brigade"
General Hooker was strongly solicited
while in Oregon TO allow his name to be
used in connection with the United
States Senate He, however, not only
declined the suggestion, bnt joining
hands with Senator Nesmth, canvassed
the whole State with him, and WAS thus
confessedly a main instrument in placing
in that body the lamented Baker, who
was his bosom friend.
1,l6 person. General Hooker is very
tall, erect, compaotly but not hevay,
built, extremely muscular, and Of greot
] hysical endurance; ofa light complex
ion, fresh, ruddy cOnntenance, full,
clear mild eyes, intellectual head, brown
hair, slightly tingcd with gray--and al
together, one Of tho most elegant and
commanding officers in his bearing and
appearance in the army.
In social intercourse he is frank, un-
pretending and courteous, removing en-
barassment from even the humblest per-
Sonage who approaches hir'. 1t is only
at tho head Of his command and in the
storm Of battle, that he arrays himself in
the stern and lofty aspect of the com
manding, heroic military chie(tain, His
trancendent career in this rebellion is la-
milliar to all lTo has in thu most EN-
phstic as we'll as triumphant manner
literally fought his way to the present
The wonder is that he was
not placed in different position at the
opening Of the rebellion New York
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