HOOD, John Bell

Confederate

Born: June 1 1831, Owingsville KY

Died: August 30 1879, New Orleans LA

Pre-War Profession: 1853 West Point, frontier duty with 2nd Cavalry, resigned April 1861.

War Service: 1861 1st Lt. of cavalry, recruitment duty, Yorktown, May 1862 Brig. Gen. in command of the Texas Brigade, served under G W Smith in the Peninsula campaign, commanded Hood's Bde/Whiting's Divn at Seven Days, commanded Hood's Bde/Evans' Divn at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, October 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded Hood's Divn/Longstreet's Corps, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg (w), Chickamauga (w), leg amputated, February 1864 Lt. Gen., commanded Hood's Corps in Atlanta campaign, schemed to replace Johnston, ordered to replace Johnston at Atlanta with temporary rank of General, Jonesboro, Franklin, Nashville, January 1865 relieved at his own request.

Post War: Unsuccessful businessman, wrote memoirs, died of yellow fever.