John Bell Hood, a native of Kentucky bred on romantic notions of the Old South and determined to model himself on Robert E. Lee, had a tragic military career, no less interesting for being calamitous. After conspicuous bravery in leading a Texas brigade, he rose in the ranks to become the youngest of the full generals of the Confederacy. The misfortune in store for Hood, a far better fighter than a strategist, illus-trates the strain and risks of high command. One of the lasting images to come out of the Civil War is that of the one-legged General Hood strapped in his saddle, leading his men in a hopeless counter-offensive against Sherman's march on Atlanta. In this prize-winning book Richard M. McMurry spares no details of Hood's ultimate "complete and disastrous failure," but he is concerned to do justice to one of the most maligned and misunderstood figures in Civil War history.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813114578
ISBN-13
9780813114576
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4461247
Product Key Features
Book Title
John BELL Hood and the War for Southern Independence
Author
Richard M. Mcmurry
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Additional Product Features
Lccn
82-040175
Dewey Decimal
973.7464092
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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