General Joseph 'Fighting Joe' Hooker

[Zuzah]

Another still from the Blood and Glory documentary, courtesy of Prometheus Entertainment.

 

[jackt62]

I guess Hooker was one of the few who didn't go in for extensive facial hair.

 

[Zuzah]

I guess Hooker was one of the few who didn't go in for extensive facial hair.

Seems he went the way of old Burnside, opting for the sideburns.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

I just visited his grave at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio yesterday.

40 Union generals are buried in this cemetery.

 

[Zuzah]

I just visited his grave at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio yesterday.

40 Union generals are buried in this cemetery.

Quite a coincidence, and quite a list - is Spring Grove a big Union cemetery? I'm not big on the burial grounds, only thing we're really taught over here is Arlington.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Quite a coincidence, and quite a list - is Spring Grove a big Union cemetery? I'm not big on the burial grounds, only thing we're really taught over here is Arlington.

http://www.cincinnaticwrt.org/data/spring.html

 

[Northern Light]

I never thought of Hooker being quite this blond. I knew his hair was fair, but that was a shock. Great job, Zuzah!

 

[Zuzah]

I never thought of Hooker being quite this blond. I knew his hair was fair, but that was a shock. Great job, Zuzah!

Thank you, I might've gone overboard with the color, but I tried to keep it at a delicate balance.

 

[KansasFreestater]

I guess Hooker was one of the few who didn't go in for extensive facial hair.

If only more of them had been like that! (I know it sounds like heresy around here, but I'm not a huge fan of huge beards!)

 

[James N.]

If only more of them had been like that! (I know it sounds like heresy around here, but I'm not a huge fan of huge beards!)

Probably one reason I've always been partial to both Hooker and McClellan!

 

[KansasFreestater]

If only more of them had been like that! (I know it sounds like heresy around here, but I'm not a huge fan of huge beards!)

Although that's not going to keep me from voting in @Mike Serpa's upcoming Battle of the Beards!

 

[JeffBrooks]

Shouldn't his face be a tad bit more red? Or are we to assume this photography was taken before five o'clock?

 

[Mdiesel]

Shouldn't his face be a tad bit more red? Or are we to assume this photography was taken before five o'clock?

Lol, and his eyes should be bloodshot!

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

certainly hooker stands out being blonde and having little facial hair.

 

[Hurdurburdur]

Wow, you got the skin tones really good. I like this one. What a face.

 

[WJC]

Shouldn't his face be a tad bit more red? Or are we to assume this photography was taken before five o'clock?

My understanding- based on somewhat limited sources- is that he was not the heavy drinker he is often said to have been.