John Bell Hood

Jim Klag

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June 1, 1831 - John Bell Hood, General (Confederate Army), born in Owingsville, KY (d. 1879)

Today General John Bell Hood is memorialized throughout the nation, with Fort Hood, Texas the best known. However, John Dyer in his biography "The Gallant Hood" himself notes,
"He was essentially a man of emotion rather than of intellect. He was never a reasoning and analytical man who carefully weighed all possible factors in a given problem or situation. Rather he was much inclined to be impetuous in his decisions, trust in his intuition and his blind optimism to see him through."
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-bell-hood

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/john-b-hood

http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/people/hood.html
 

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Jim Klag said:
June 1, 1831 - John Bell Hood, General (Confederate Army), born in Owingsville, KY (d. 1879)

Today General John Bell Hood is memorialized throughout the nation, with Fort Hood, Texas the best known. However, John Dyer in his biography "The Gallant Hood" himself notes,
"He was essentially a man of emotion rather than of intellect. He was never a reasoning and analytical man who carefully weighed all possible factors in a given problem or situation. Rather he was much inclined to be impetuous in his decisions, trust in his intuition and his blind optimism to see him through."
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-bell-hood

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/john-b-hood

http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/people/hood.html

Dyer was wrong, as Sam Hood has shown in his two books.

https://studycivilwar.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/yes-john-bell-hood-was-much-maligned-and-misunderstood/

https://studycivilwar.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/the-lost-papers-of-confederate-general-john-bell-hood/
 

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Sam Hood's two books are worth reading as they really debunk Wiley Sword's witch hunt of Hood.
 
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