General joseph hooker biography
General joseph hooker biography
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Early Life
Joseph Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts on November 13, 1814. His parents were Joseph Hooker, a local storekeeper, and Mary Seymour. Hooker attended school at the Hopkins Academy in Hadley, Massachusetts before enrolling at the United States Military Academy in 1833.
An average student, Hooker graduated from West Point in 1837, twenty-ninth out of his class of fifty cadets.
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Army Officer
Mexican-American War
After graduation, Hooker received a brevet commission as a second lieutenant with the 1st U.S. Artillery in Florida, during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). Hooker also served in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) in staff positions with Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.
During that conflict, the army brevetted him to captain (1846), major (1847), and lieutenant colonel (1847) for gallantry.
Feud with Winfield Scott
After the Mexican-American War, Hooker’s career floundered when he testified against Scott during court-martial proceedings