Statue of General Hooker in front of the State House.

Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), known as "Fighting Joe", was a career U.S. Army officer and a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, he is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

This 1903 equestrian statue of General Joseph Hooker by Daniel Chester French and Edward C. Potter sits in on the State House Lawn.

Photo 445, April 2012