John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood was a valorous soldier who served as a Confederate lieutenant general and provisional full general during the American Civil War. As a brigade and division commander, he took the forefront in battles such as Gettysburg, returning to service despite severe injuries including paralysis of an arm and the amputation of his right leg. Later promoted to commander of the Army of Tennessee, he directed the Atlanta Campaign and the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Although known for his fierce aggressive spirit, he also incurred heavy casualties. After the war, he established a cotton brokerage and insurance company in New Orleans, aiming for reconstruction as a businessman.

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Year	John Bell Hood
1831	Birth of John Bell Hood (Period: June 29, 1831 (though a June 1 date is also suggested), Location: Owingsville, Kentucky, United States)
1849	West Point admission and graduation (John Bell Hood, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1849–1853, Location: West Point, New York)
1853	Western frontier service in the U.S. Army (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1853–1861, Location: California and Texas)
1857	American Indian Wars (Age: 25 years old, Period: 1857, Location: Vicinity of Devil's River, Texas) Wound at Devil's River (Age: 26 years old, Period: July 20, 1857, Location: Upper Devil's River, Texas)
1861	American Civil War (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1861–1865, Location: North Carolina, Virginia, etc.) Resignation from the U.S. Army and joining the Confederacy (Age: 29 years old, Period: April 1861, Location: Texas and Virginia) Skirmish at Cedar Lane (Age: 30 years old, Period: July 12, 1861, Location: Near Newport News, Virginia)
1862	Seven Days Battles and Battle of Gaines' Mill (Age: 30 years old, Period: June–July 1862, Location: Vicinity of Richmond, Virginia) Arrest incident regarding captured ambulances (Age: 31 years old, Period: August–September 1862, Location: Vicinity of the Second Bull Run battlefield, Virginia)
1863	Battle of Gettysburg and severe left arm wound (Age: 32 years old, Period: July 2, 1863, Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Battle of Chickamauga and amputation of the right leg (Age: 32 years old, Period: September 19–20, 1863, Location: Vicinity of Chickamauga, Georgia)
1864	Command dispute over Johnston's removal (Age: 32 years old, Period: June–July 1864, Location: Vicinity of Atlanta, Georgia) Atlanta Campaign (Age: 33 years old, Period: July–September 1864, Location: Vicinity of Atlanta, Georgia) Appointment as commander of the Army of Tennessee (John Bell Hood, Age: 33 years old, Period: July 18, 1864, Location: Vicinity of Atlanta, Georgia) Franklin-Nashville Campaign (Age: 33 years old, Period: September–December 1864, Location: Alabama and Tennessee)
1865	Relieved of command of the Army of Tennessee (Age: 33 years old, Period: January 23, 1865, Location: Tennessee and Mississippi theater) Confederate surrender and post-war activities (Age: 33 years old, Period: May 1855 – 1879, Location: Natchez, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana)
1868	Marriage (John Bell Hood, Anna Marie Hennen, Age: 36 years old, Period: 1868, Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
1878	New Orleans yellow fever epidemic and death (Age: 46 years old, Period: August 1878 – August 1879, Location: New Orleans, Louisiana)
1879	Death of John Bell Hood (Age: 48 years old, Period: August 30, 1879)

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Key Confederate Officers	Thomas Jonathan Jackson James Longstreet Joseph Egleston Johnston Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Braxton Bragg John Bell Hood Jubal Anderson Early Nathan Bedford Forrest John Brown Gordon
The Lee family	Robert E. Lee George Washington Custis Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee Robert Edward Lee Jr.
Southern politician	Jefferson Finis Davis Alexander Hamilton Stephens Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter John Cabell Breckinridge Judah Philip Benjamin John Henninger Reagan Wade Hampton III Francis Richard Lubbock Luke Pryor Blackburn Joseph Emerson Brown Alfred Holt Colquitt James Lawson Kemper Zebulon Baird Vance

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