PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00277:: General Joseph Hooker letter to Chauncey McKeever, 1862 May 10)//EN" "viwc00277.xml" A Guide to the Gen. Joseph Hooker letter,1862 May 10 Letter, General Joseph Hooker to Chauncey McKeever, MS 1955.2 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2008 By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 03/31/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Gen. Joseph Hooker letter, 1862 May 10 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 1955.2

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Gen. Joseph Hooker letter, Gen'l, 3rd Army Corps, n.p 1862 May 10 MS 1955.2 On site. 1 item. English Hooker, Joseph Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Gen. Joseph Hooker letter, Manuscript #MS 1955.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1955

Biographical/Historical Information

Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1865), known as "Fighting Joe", was a career U.S. Army officer and a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, he is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

Scope and Content

Hooker, as division commander, is writing to give his report of the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862, which resulted in a Union victory. Mentions Joseph Carter Abbott, William W oods Averell, William Blaisdell, Joseph Dickinson, William Hemsley Emory, Samuel Jameson Gohlson, Cuvier Grover, Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Philip Kearny, William Hudson Lawrence, James Longstreet, Robert McAllister, Francis Engle Patterson, George Edward Pickett, Roger Atkinson Pryor, William Farrar Smith, George Stoneman, Nelson Taylor, Charles Sheils Wainwright.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Hooker, Joseph Abbott, Joseph C. (Joseph Carter), 1825-1881 Averell, William Woods, 1832-1900 Blaisdell, William, d. 1864 Dickinson, Joseph Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887 Gholson, Samuel Jameson, 1808-1883 Grover, Cuvier, 1828-1885 Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880 Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862 Lawrence, William Hudson, 1834-1874 Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 McAllister, Robert, 1813-1891 Patterson, Francis Engle, 1827-1862 Pickett, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875 Pryor, Roger A. (Roger Atkinson), 1828-1919 Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903 Stoneman, George, 1822-1894 Taylor, Nelson, 1821-1894 Wainwright, Charles S. (Charles Shiels) McKeever, Chauncey Corporate Names: United States. Army - History - Civil War - 1861-1865 Subjects: Williamsburg - Battle of - Williamsburg - Va. - 1862 Geographical Names: Williamsburg (Va.) - History - 19th century