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Tag Archives: Joe Hooker
George E. Pickett, CSA Major General (Soldier Profile Series)
George E. Pickett, CSA Major General Birth Date: January 16, 1825(i) Birth Place: Richmond, Virginia Date of Death: July 30, 1875 Location of Death: Norfolk, Virginia Education: U.S. Military Academy at West Point – Class of 1846 Military Experience: Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in General Officers, Soldier Profiles
Tagged A.P. Hill, Ambrose Powell Hill, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Fair Oaks, Battle of Five Forks, Battle of Fort Stedman, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gaines Mill, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Petersburg, Battle of Sailor's Creek, Battle of Sayler's Creek, Battle of Seven Pines, Battle of Williamsburg, Benjamin Butler, Benjamin F Butler, Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander, George B McClellan, George E Pickett, George Pickett, Isaac R Trimble, Isaac Trimble, J Johnston Pettigrew, James Kemper, James Longstreet, Jesse L Reno, Jesse Reno, Joe Hooker, John Bell Hood, John Buford, John Gibbon, Joseph Hooker, Lafayette McLaws, Lewis Armistead, Overland Campaign, P.G.T. Beauregard, Petersburg, PGT Beauregard, Phil Sheridan, Philip Sheridan, Pickett's Charge, Richard Garnett, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Siege of Suffolk, Theophilus Holmes, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S Grant
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Historic Spring Grove Cemetery – Cincinnati, Ohio
I was recently in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. As usual, when I am traveling to an area I am not familiar with, I checked out the local cemeteries to see which famous Civil War era soldiers are buried there. While … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Essays (miscellaneous)
Tagged Adolph Strauch, Alexander McCook, Alexander McD McCook, Alexander McDowell McCook, Cincinnati, Congressional Medal of Honor, Joe Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Medal of Honor, Samuel Chase, Samuel P Chase, Samuel Portland Chase, Spring Grove Cemetery, William H Lytle, William Haines Lytle, William Lytle
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The Battle of South Mountain – September 14, 1862
Today is the 148th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain. After winning a decisive victory against US Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia, at the Second Battle of Manassas, CSA General Robert E. Lee set his sights north … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose E Burnside, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Crampton's Gap, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of Second Bull Run, Battle of Second Manassas, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Turner's Gap, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Crampton's Gap, Daniel Harvey Hill, DH Hill, Dixon Miles, Dixson S Miles, Fox's Gap, George B McClellan, George McClellan, Harpers Ferry, James Longstreet, Jesse Reno, Joe Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Second Bull Run, Second Manassas, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Tom Clemens, Turner's Gap, William B Franklin, William Franklin
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The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
One hundred forty-six years ago today, US Major General William T. Sherman attacked CSA General Joseph E. Johnston’s well entrenched Army of Tennessee at Kennesaw Mountain. This battle came after a long string of flanking maneuvers by Sherman, all aimed … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefield Wanderings, Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Alpheus Williams, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of Pickett's Mill, Benjamin F Cheatham, Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Charles Harker, Daniel McCook, Francis Blair, Francis P Blair, Frank Cheatham, George H Thomas, George Thomas, Grenville Dodge, James B McPherson, James McPherson, Jefferson C Davis, Jefferson Davis, Joe Hooker, Joe Wheeler, John Bell Hood, John Logan, John M Schofield, John Newton, John Schofield, Joseph E Johnston, Joseph Hooker, Milo Haskall, Patrick Cleburne, Patrick R Cleburne, Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site, William Loring, William Sherman, William T Sherman, William Tecumsah Sherman
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The Siege of Vicksburg Commences
One hundred forty-seven years ago, while US Major General Joe Hooker was reeling from his thrashing at Chancellorsville, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, was marching through Mississippi. On this day in the Civil War, … Continue reading
The Battle of Chancellorsville
On this day, one hundred forty-seven hears ago, US Major General Joseph Hooker put his Army of the Potomac in motion. With flowering trees in full bloom, and spring temperatures warming the days, the 1863 campaign season had opened. After … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Battles, This Day In The Civil War
Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, Cadmus Wilcox, Civil War, Civil War Battlefields, Dan Sickles, Daniel Sickles, Ernest Furgurson, George Stoneman, Hazel Grove, Joe Hooker, John Sedgwick, Joseph Hooker, Jubal Early, Oliver Howard, Oliver O Howard, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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The Battle of Chancellorsville – Joe Hooker’s Legacy
Today marks the 146th anniversary of US Major General Joseph Hooker’s Chancellorsville Campaign. After the terrible losses during the Battle of Fredericksburg, from December 11–15, 1862, the Northern populace was in a state of shock. US Major General Ambrose Burnside … Continue reading