The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-11-08
D1ATE1 OF M4J-"Ex. ROCKER.

Major General Joseph Hooker died at
Garden City, l.. l., on Friday afternoon ,5lst
ult. lie had been in his usual health until
an hour before his death, and proposed going
To New York Saturday To attend to business
matters. lie entertained q large party at
inner at the Garden City Hotel on the 2jth,
and has seemed to be in the best of spirits
and to enjoy social intercourse with his many
friends Us fully as at any time of his life.
His intellect was uncloudcd, and but for his
unfortunate lamcncss, ,he would seem to have
been as active as ever. lie took his accus.
toned walk in the Park during the after
noon, and did not complain of feeling i'll
till about 4 O'Clock, when he retired to his
own apartments, on the second floor, and
summoned his valet, Thomas Lawler, who
assisted him to a reclining position upon
couch, After an hour he arose and busted
himself about his rooms till, at j.i5, lis
valet, hearing the General struggling for
breath, fastened to his side and assisted hm
to lie down upon his bed, at the same time
ringing the bell for help. Mr.. Nickerson,
the hotel superintendent, hurried TO the room,
but when he arrived the General was dead.
Major General Joseph Hooker was born at
iIadlsy, Mass, in 1919, lie graduated at
West Point in 1857, and served in the Mex
lean war, rising to the rank Of Captain oi
tillcry and the brevet of Lieutenant Col
onel in the stla, Aner the close of the
Mexican war he was on duty on the Pacif,
coast Tor two years, and fon 1851 TO 1858 on
leave Of absence. lie resigned in February
1858, remaining in California, where he wal
engaged as superintendent Of construction
of the National road, aud as a farmer
From 1859 to 1851 he was Colonel ia tn,
California militia, When the civil war brok,
out in 1861, he returned to the East. II,
was made Brgadicr General of volunteers
and put in command of the defenccs O
Washington August p, 1861, but his com
mission was dated back to May l7,Is6l. III
took promncnt part in the Peninsula
compaign Of General Mcclellan, and dis
tnguished himself in the battles Of vii
liamsburg, Fair Oaks, Frazier's Farm an,
Malvern Hin. lie was made Major Gene
raj of volunteers in May, 1862. Durin
General Pope's operations before Washing
tn, General Hooker was very active, AM
at Antiotam, September II i S62, was wound
ed, and was soon after promoted to the ran
OF Drgodier General of the regular army
At the disastrous repulse of Burnside @
Fredericksburg in December, 1861, he com
manied the right wing of the army.
January, 1858, he was appointed to tn
command of the Army Of the Potomac
After several fents he crossed the Rapp,
hammock, some distance above Frederck
burg. Reaching ChanceIorsville May .
he was atlacke, on the evening Of that da
on the right flank, by "Stonewall" jackson
with large force, aud the Eleventh Arm
Corps driven back upon the centre in col
fusion. In the fighting which follow,
jackson was fatally wounded, and the Arm
Of the Potomac held the position; but tv
days later Hooker Withdrew To the mort
bank of the Rappahamock. The Confede
ate army, unlcr command Of General lie
s,on aiter attempted to carry the war in
Pennsylvania, but General Hooker follow,
closely. He WAS relieved Of his oommar
on the 2Sth Of June, in consequence Of a di
sErvement with Hsllack, the General il