Hood, John Bell (1831-1879), was a Confederate general who gained fame as a brigade and division commander in General Robert E. Lee’s army. He fought gallantly at Gaines’ Mill, the second Battle of Bull Run (also called Manassas), Antietam (Sharpsburg), Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.
Hood commanded a corps in the Army of Tennessee and took command of that army with the rank of general in 1864. He fought General William T. Sherman at Atlanta but had to abandon the city. Hood began a campaign in Tennessee but was beaten at Nashville.
Hood was born on June 1, 1831, in Kentucky. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. After the war, he lived in Texas and Louisiana. He died on Aug. 30, 1879.
