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Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879) to Edwin M. Stanton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01504.02.14 Author/Creator: Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879) Place Written: Watertown, New York Type: Typed letter Date: 20 August 1866 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26.2 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Typed and signed as a true copy by Albert L. Mills as First Lieutenant and Adjutant First Cavalry. Major General Hooker recommends Colonel Brisbin "for the Colonelcy of one of the new colored regiments" to Stanton, Secretary of War. Praises Brisbin's service in the Civil War: "He served under me and has been one of the successful Generals of the War." These typewritten copies date to circa 1887-1891 based on Mill's rank and assignment at the time.

Joseph Hooker (1814-1879) was a Union general from Massachusetts who was most famous for being defeated by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Mills, Albert L., 1854-1916
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks),1837-1892

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