# Joseph Hooker — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> Joseph Hooker in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hooker, General Hooker

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Union general who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

## In the story

### [Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xli)

Commands the 11th and 12th corps; crosses at Bridgeport and marches into Lookout Valley, engaging at Wauhatchie.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xlii)

Hooker is initially ordered to ascend Lookout Mountain and later redirected to cross the Tennessee River and move to Rossville to threaten the enemy's rear.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xliii)

Led the attack on Lookout Mountain, driving the enemy from their positions.

### [Battle of Chattanooga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xliv)

Ordered to cross Lookout Mountain and move toward Rossville to strike Bragg's left and rear, but delayed by the burning of Chattanooga Creek bridge.

### [The Campaign in Georgia—Sherman’s March to the Sea—War Anecdotes—The March on Savannah—Investment of Savannah—Capture of Savannah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/lix)

Mentioned in Grant's letter to Sherman regarding troop movements.

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