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John Bell Hood
was born June 29, 1831, in Owingsville, Kentucky, and
was reared in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. After graduating from West
Point in 1853, he served in the elite U.S. 2nd Cavalry Regiment on the
Texas frontier. In 1861, he joined the Confederate Army. He was
promoted to brigadier general in 1862 and commanded the renowned
Hood's Texas Brigade under Gen. Robert E. Lee at the important
Confederate victories at Gaines' Mill (Seven Days Battles) and 2nd
Manassas (Battle of 2nd Bull Run). He held the critical Confederate
left flank at Miller's Cornfield at Antietam, after which he was
promoted to major general by Thomas J. ("Stonewall") Jackson. In
July 1863, while serving as a division commander at Gettysburg, he
was severely wounded and forever lost the use of his left arm. In
September 1863, while leading a decisive Confederate victory at
Chickamauga, Georgia, Hood was again severely wounded and lost
his right leg. Promoted to lieutenant general by Gen. James
Longstreet, he returned to duty in 1864 in north Georgia under Gen.
Joseph Johnson, as corps commander. He succeeded Johnston as
commander of the Army of Tennessee and was temporarily promoted
to full general in July 1864. In November, in an unsuccessful
attempt to draw Union Gen. William T. Sherman from his March to the
Sea, Hood led the Army of Tennessee in an invasion of that state.
After decisive defeats at Franklin and Nashville, he retreated to
Tupelo, Mississippi. In January 1865, he resigned command. He
surrendered to Union authorities at Natchez, Mississippi, on May 31,
1865. After the war, Hood set up residence in New Orleans, where on
April 30, 1868, he married Anna Marie Hennen, with whom he fathered
11 children. He died of yellow fever on August 30, 1879, within days
of his wife and eldest child. Seven families in 5 different states
adopted the surviving orphans. Hood was buried in the Garden
District's Lafayette Cemetery, but was moved to this location in 1927.
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HENNEN Family Tomb
HENNEN
GEN. JOHN BELL HOOD C. S. A.
DUNCAN NICHOLSON
HENNEN
But the half of brave Hood's
body molders here.
PRIVATE SAM WATKINS
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