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See also: American soldier, lieut.-general of the Confederate army, was See also: born at Owingsville, See also: Kentucky, in 1831, and graduated from West Point military See also: academy in 1853
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As an officer of the 2nd U.S. cavalry (Colonel See also: Sidney See also: Johnston) he saw service against See also: Indians, and later he was cavalry instructor at West Point
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He resigned from the U.S. service in 1861, and became a colonel in the Confederate army
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He was soon promoted brigadier-general, and at the See also: battle of Gaines's See also: Mill, where he was wounded, won the brevet of major-general for his gallant conduct
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With the famous "
See also: Texas brigade " of the Army of See also: Northern Virginia he served throughout the See also: campaign of 1862
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At See also: Gettysburg he commanded one of the divisions of See also: Longstreet's corps, receiving a wound which disabled his arm
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With Longstreet he was transferred in the autumn of 1863 to the Army of See also: Tennessee
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At the battle of Chickamauga (See also: September l9th, 2oth) See also: Hood was severely wounded again and his See also: leg was amputated, but after six months he returned to duty undaunted
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He remained with the Army of Tennessee as a corps See also: commander, and when the general dissatisfaction with the See also: Fabian policy of General J
.
E
.
Johnston brought about the removal of that officer, Hood was put in his place with the temporary See also: rank of general
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He had won a See also: great reputation as a fighting general, and it was with the distinct understanding that battles were to be fought that he was placed at the See also: head of the Army of Tennessee
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But in spite of skill and courage he was uniformly unsuccessful in the battles around See also: Atlanta
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In the end he had to abandon the place, but he forthwith sought to attack Sherman in another direction, and finally invaded Tennessee
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His See also: march was pushed with the greatest energy, but he failed to draw the
See also: main See also: body of the enemy after him, and, while Sherman with a picked force made his " March to the See also: Sea," See also: Thomas collected an army to oppose Hood
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A severe battle was fought at
See also: Franklin on the 3oth of See also: November, and finally See also: Flood was defeated and his army almost annihilated in the battle of See also: Nashville
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He was then relieved at his own See also: request (See also: January 23rd, 1865)
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After the war he was engaged in business in New See also: Orleans, where he died of yellow fever on the 3oth of
See also: August 1879
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His experiences in the See also: Civil War are narrated in his Advance and Retreat (New Orleans, 188o)
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Hood's reputation as a bold and energetic See also: leader was well deserved, though his reckless vigour proved but a poor substitute for Johnston's careful husbanding of his strength at this declining stage of the Confederacy
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