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Joseph Hooker military papers
Orders, reports, correspondence
1861-1862 Potomac
Headquarters orders

Manuscripts

Headquarters orders

Description: Correspondence, orders, reports, dispatches, reconnaissance reports, and other military documents accumulated by Hooker's headquarters from October 1861 through September 1864. Included are papers relating to the battles of Antietam and Chancellorsville. There are no items for the four months from October 1862 through January 1863.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1861 December 1-26
Call number: mssHooker
Creator: Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Joseph H. Wood, April 1964.
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