Fighting Joseph

Fighting Joseph was a Detinan general. He was a vain, pompous, and self-important man, given to overly dramatic appearances and gestures. He was also an egoist and extremely touchy. Nevertheless, Joseph could nevertheless be an effective general. Or he could be a spectacular failure--at Viziersville, Edward of Arlington managed to defeat Joseph's army with a force barely a third its size.

After Viziersville, Joseph was transferred to the east, where he took part in the siege of Rising Rock, driving Thraxton the Braggart's men from Sentry Peak. He later commanded a wing of Hesmucet's army on the Marthasville campaign, with mixed effectiveness.

Following the death of James the Bird's Eye, Joseph pushed Hesmucet to divide James's wing between himself and Doubting George. When Hesmucet instead promoted Brigadier Oliver, with whom Joseph had become involved in a bitter blame-game for the debacle at Viziersville, to the command, Joseph dramatically tendered his resignation. He intended this as a bluff to push Hesmucet to reconsider, and was shocked when Hesmucet instead accepted the resignation and cashiered Joseph out of the army.

Fighting Joseph is very closely based on Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker of the US Army.