Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker (b 1814) was an officer in the United States Army in the nineteenth century. In 1862, he commanded the I Corps of the Army of the Potomac under George McClellan.

Hooker commanded the right flank of the Union Army's line at the Battle of Camp Hill. He was stunned by a near-miss from Confederate artillery at that battle, and his corps's command structure broke down. Confederate General James Longstreet took advantage of his corps's inactivity to turn the flank, and the battle was lost--and the War of Secession soon after.