Joseph Hooker was an American Civil War general for the Union, chiefly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate general Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. Hooker had served in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican-American War, receiving three brevet promotions, before resigning from the Army. At the start of the Civil War, he joined the Union side as a brigadier general, distinguishing himself at Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg, after which he was given command of the Army of the Potomac.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, February 1, 1863. February 1, 1863. Col. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General : COLONEL: I inclose herewith a copy of a letter received from General…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO, Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 2, 1863. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General : General Orders, No. 19, February 22, 1862, provide for the inscription…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, February 3, 1863. February 3, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief : Before the departure of the Ninth Corps, permit me to recommend that…
HEADQUARTERS GRAND RESERVE DIVISION, Stafford Court-House, Va., February 5, 1863. Bng. Gen. J. STAHEL, Commanding Eleventh Army Corps: GENERAL: By order of Major-General Hooker, Colonel Di Cesnola's brigade, now stationed…
Camp near Falmouth, Va. Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 6, 1863. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: In compliance with orders received from the Generalin-Chief, directions…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, February 6, 1863. No. 8. } Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 6, 1863. All orders for exemption from further levies of forage for…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ; HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQO, February 7, 1863. No. 38. Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 7, 1863. V. I. Brig. Gen. William W. Burns, U. S. Volunteers,…
Camp near Falmouth, Va. Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 9, 1863. Maj. Gen. JoHN F. REYNOLDS, Commanding First Corps: The following will be the division of the picket-line of infantry…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Camp near Falmouth, Va., February 10, 1863. Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General : The dispatch of which the following is an extract has been…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQG, February 23, 1863. February 23, 1863. Respectfully returned to Brigadier-General Stoneman. If the ford Golonei Devin speaks of in his postscript is not sufficiently good…
DUMFRIES DUMFRIES, March 2, 1863. Lieut. Col. H. C. RODGERS, Assistant Adjutant-General : The Twelfth Illinois Cavalry have the proper orders to go. This leaves us without a single cavalryman…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAGO, March 11, 1863. March 11, 1863—8.20 p. m. Major-General HOOKER, Washington, D. C.: Sharpe’s signals have all day indicated, as yesterday, a move. He will…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 16, 1863. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md. : All troops in Western Virginia will be added to yourcommand. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company represent that their…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 17, 1863. General H. G. WRIGHT, Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Virginia has been transferred to the Middle Department. A new commander has been appointed for the Department…
BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, March 20, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. G. WRIGHT, Commanding: . Having no returns yet from Western Virginia, please telegraph me what general officers are on duty there, commanding…
CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAGC, March 21, 1863. For the purpose of ready recognition of corps and divisions in this army, and to prevent injustice by reports of straggling…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, FIRST ARMY CORPS, March 31, 1863. March 31, 1863. Lieut. Col. CHARLES KINGSBURY, Jr., Assistant Adjutant-General, First Army Corps: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, April 10, 1863. No. 40. Camp near Falmouth, Va., April 10, 1863. I. Unnecessary delay has occurred in forwarding to these headquarters deserters,…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, April 30, 1863. April 30, 1863. (Received 3.50 p. m.) Brigadier-General GIBBON, Commanding Second Division, Second Corps: Fill up haversacks and knapsacks with eight days’…
HEADQUARTERS First Corps HEADQUARTERS First Corps, April 30, 1863. General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff: If General Hooker has not seen the positions of the lower bridges, and has time, I…
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAG, April 30, 1863. No 48. } Camp near Falmouth, Va., April 30, 1863. The frequent transmission of false intelligence and the betrayal of…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, May 1, 1863. May 1, 1863—2 o’clock. [General BUTTERFIELD :] From character of information have suspended attack. The enemy may attack me—I will try it.…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, May 1, 1863. May 1, 1863—1.30 p. m. General BUTTERFIELD, Chief of Staff: The following just received from the right of my picket line: Information has just…
WHEELING, W. Va. WHEELING, W. Va., June 11, 1863. Hon. E. K. M. STAnton, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Can’t you send me about 3,000 small-arms? I am fearful…