John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General

by Hood, Stephen

  Pawlowski, Rebecca, 140

  Peachtree Creek, battle of, 27, 54, 56-58, 60-61, 62n, 202, 204, 216, 237-238, 295

  Pearson, Norman, 89

  Pemberton, Gen. John C., 37

  Perot, Leopold, 26

  Phelan, Col. James, 35, 303

  Philadelphia Medical Institute, 2

  Pickett, Gen. George, 252

  Pickett’s Mill, battle of, 34

  Polk, Gen. Leonidas, 23, 24n, 26, 39, 47, 70

  Pollard, E. A., xxv, 230, 288

  Pope, Gen. John, 8

  Port Hudson, siege of, 37

  Porter, Gen. Fitz John, 146, 231, 255

  Presstman, Col. Stephen, 186, 187n

  Preston, Sarah Buchanan, xl, xliii, 287-288

  Purdy, Tennessee, 110

  Quarles, Gen. William A., 88, 184, 223

  Quintard, Dr. Charles T., 78, 117, 143, 264, 277-278

  Randall, James G., 208

  Ranke, Leopold von, 112

  Ratchford, Maj. James W., 14, 118, 125, 231, 256, 272, 288

  Rebel’s from West Point, 13

  Resaca, battle of, 30, 46, 134, 234, 239-240

  Revolutionary War, 2

  Richmond Examiner, xxv

  Ridley, B. L., 282-283, 286

  Riedel, Len, 25

  Rippavilla plantation, 116-117, 136, 170

  Road Past Kennesaw, The: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, 268, 279

  Rocky Face Gap, 29

  Roddey, Gen. Philip D., 87, 93, 101

  Roman, Alfred, 96, 106-107

  Rosecrans, Gen. William S., 236

  Ross, Gen. Lawrence S., 114-115

  Rousseau, Gen. Lovell H., 185-186

  Scaife, William, 66, 205

  Scandals of the Civil War, 281

  Schofield, Gen. John, xxi, xliii, 47, 54, 56, 64, 70, 74-75, 85, 112, 121, 130, 161, 216, 240; Franklin, battle of, xxvi, 259; Franklin, 84, 132, 138, 144, 146-147, 149-151, 153-155, 157, 159, 164, 166, 175, 234, 239; Spring Hill Affair, 116, 118-119, 130n, 133-135, 209, 216, 240, 269, 274; felt he could not hold Franklin, 161; dismisses Hood’s critics, 162; Hood’s dilemma, 162; memoirs, 162-163; abandoned Franklin, 166-167; casualties at Franklin, 167-167n; safety of Nashville, 178; approved Hood’s movement to Nashville, 181; West Point, 281-281n; Hood’s memoirs, 295; treatment of Thomas, xxvi; clique to control northern memory, xxvii Science of War, The, 79

  Seddon, James, xvi, 92, 105-106, 177, 193-195, 197, 233, 245, 296

  Sedgwick, Gen. John, 6

  Sellers, Col. Harry, 9

  Sessums, Danny, 212

  Seven Day’s Battles, 8

  Seven Pines, Virginia, battle of, 7, 34, 37

  Sharpsburg, battle of, xxiii, 8, 14, 214, 229, 231, 257

  Shaw, Lt. Henry, 161

  Sheridan, Gen. Philip, xxvii, 3, 252

  Sherman, Gen. William T., xii, xvii, xxvii, 24-24n, 26, 29-31, 33, 41, 44-45, 54, 59-60, 63-64, 66, 70-72, 77, 79, 82-84, 86, 90, 93-94, 98, 100-104, 106, 133, 173, 183, 192, 196, 205-206, 216-217, 220, 222, 227, 229-230, 238, 245, 262-263; Atlanta Campaign, xviii, 10; March to the Sea, xxi; death of Thomas, xxvi; Confederate deserters, 27-28; split his army at Cassville, 46-47; Cassville, 47-48; Atlanta, 53; Peachtree Creek, 54; supply lines, 62; Army of Tennessee not destroyed during the campaign, 202; “To pursue Hood is folly” quote, 239; Hood’s memoirs, 293,

  Shoup, Gen. Francis, 25-26, 91, 237

  Sickles, Gen. Daniel, 1, 274

  Sigel, Gen. Franz, 32

  Simmons, L. A., 160-161

  Simpson, Harold B., xxiii-xxiv

  Smith, Gen. Andrew J., 156, 161, 189-190

  Smith, Gen. Edmund Kirby, xvii, 10, 35, 179-180, 206-207, 224; refuses to send help to Hood, 189-194; West Point, 252; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 305

  Smith, Frank H., 43, 282

  Smith, Gen. Gustavus W., 6-7, 40, 295

  Smith, Jean Edward, 17

  Soldier of Tennessee, 115

  Southern Bivouac, xv

  Southern Historical Society Papers, xv, xx, xxix

  Southern History of the War, 288

  Southern Historical Society, xiii-xiv, xix-xxii, xxv, xxvii, xxxiv

  Southern Hospital Association for Disabled Soldiers, xxxii

  Spring Hill Affair, xvi-xvii, xliii, 4, 22, 62, 112-114, 116-129, 130n, 133-137, 139, 141-144, 150, 153, 158-159, 169-174, 182, 197, 209-212, 215-216, 229, 234, 236, 240, 242-244, 246, 248, 269-270, 274, 297-298

  Spring Hill, Tennessee, 145, 151-152, 154, 156, 162, 164, 211, 213

  Stanley, Gen. David, 85-86, 113

  Stanton, Edwin M., 79, 81, 175, 232

  The State of Jones, 259

  Stauffer, John, 259

  Steiner, Paul, 273

  Stephenson, Pvt. Philip D., 254-255

  Stevenson, Gen. Carter, 26, 96

  Stewart, Gen. Alexander P., 24, 61, 71, 106, 110, 116, 174, 180, 185, 217-218, 230, 243; new to Army of Tennessee, 25-26; Peachtree Creek, 54, 57-58; Ezra Church, 59, 238; poor morale, 77; Spring Hill Affair, 113-115, 118, 121-123, 240; Franklin, 138, 141, 143-145, 154, 158, 240; command meeting at Franklin, 166-167; death of Cleburne, 175; commands the Army of Tennessee, 206; Jonesboro, 219; blames Hood for Spring Hill, 246; never saw Hood impaired, 278-279; “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” 283

  Stone, Col. Henry, 177

  Stoneman, Gen. George, 61, 252

  Stonewall of the West, 138, 172, 212, 279

  Stories the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell, The: Sex in the Civil War, xl

  Story of the Confederacy, The, 281

  Stovall, Gen. Marcellus A., 265

  Strahl, Gen. Otho, 287

  Strange Battles of the Civil War, 21, 279

  Strange, Maj. J. P., 102

  Street Jr., James, 274

  Strong, Gen. George C., 253

  Stuart, Gen. James E. B., 15, 63, 253

  Suffolk Campaign, 8, 14

  Sunshine Church, battle of, 61

  Sword, Wiley, xxii, xxv, xxxi, xxxiii-xxxv, xxxviii, xxxix, xl-xli, 11, 16, 21, 25, 84, 87, 90-91, 93, 95, 99, 103-104, 106-111, 116, 127-128, 142, 144, 147, 149, 157, 159, 166, 170-173, 194-198, 201-204, 211-213, 215, 220, 249, 251, 254-260, 270, 279, 286-290

  Sybel, Heinrich von, 176

  Symonds, Craig, 48, 138, 149, 172, 212, 279

  Talley, Rev. John, 99, 187

  Tarleton, Susan, 287

  Taylor, Gen. Richard, 25, 45, 91-93, 97, 100, 105-106, 111, 179-180, 191, 195, 206; complains about Hood to Beauregard, 97; fails to notify Forrest of Hood’s plans, 100; Hood requests 20 days rations, 94; unable to supply Hood, 96; logistics, 89, 99; miscommunication, 100-102; poor communications, 108; seeking help for Hood, 195; Smith refuses to help Hood, 196; supplies for Hood, 95

  Taylor, Maj. Thomas T., 67-68, 221

  Tennessee Campaign, xxxi, xxxiv, xxxviii-xxxix, xl, xliii, 43, 69, 70, 72, 74, 79-91, 98, 102-103, 116-117, 121, 123, 130, 141, 157, 175, 183, 187-187n, 189, 199, 201-201n, 203, 207-211, 213, 228, 233, 239, 247, 261-262, 281, 283, 287, 291, 297

  Tennessee’s Forgotten Warriors: Frank Cheatham and his Confederate Division, 281 Texas brigade, xiii, xix, xxii-xxiv, 1, 6-8, 14, 16, 146, 225, 231, 235, 247, 254, 265, 272, 286

  Texas Brigade Association, xxiii-xxiv

  Thomas, Gen. George H., xxv, xxviii, 4, 43, 54, 70, 74-75, 79, 81, 83-85, 93-94, 102, 119, 133, 135, 156-157, 162, 179, 184, 190, 193-194, 203, 222, 239, 259; Nashville, xxi, 177; death of, xxvi-xxvii; legacy, xxvi; response to New York Tribune letter, xxvi; solid, dependable commander, xxvii; Peachtree Creek, 54, 56, 237; size of army at Nashville, 178, 180; gains reinforcements, 180; Grant orders to launch an assault, 182-183; attacks Hood, 186; Confederate deserters, 188-189; Army of Tennessee not destroyed during the campaign, 201; Kennesaw Mountain, 230; Hood’s memoirs, 295

  Thomas, Rhett, 139

  Thompson, Dr. Samuel, 42, 206, 263

  Thompson’s Station, 113-115, 120

  Trans-Mississippi Department, xvii, 179, 189-191, 193, 206

  Tupelo, Mississippi, 10, 199, 233, 239, 265
/>   Turner, William B., 270

  Turney, Capt. Daniel, 164

  Tuscumbia, Alabama, 94-96, 98, 101-102, 105, 109-110, 199, 233

  Twain, Mark, 249

  United States Military Units

  Illinois, 59th Infantry, 120; 84th Infantry, 160; 88th Infantry, 161; 102nd Infantry, 30

  Indiana, 40th Infantry, 155

  New Jersey, 4th Infantry, 256

  New York, 16th Infantry, 7

  Ohio, 40th Infantry, 86; 46th Infantry, 67; 47th Infantry, 221; 65th Infantry, 159; 97th Infantry, 155; 125th Infantry, 152, 161

  U.S. Regulars, 2nd Cavalry, 3-5, 150

  Wisconsin, 24th Infantry, 14, 86, 161

  Utoy Creek, battle of, 61

  Van Dorn, Gen. Earl, 4

  Van Horne, Thomas B., 177, 299

  Vancouver, Capt. George, 2n

  Vaulx, Maj. Joseph, 137-138

  Vicksburg, siege of, 37

  Virginia Military Institute, xxvii

  Voltaire, 227

  Wagner, Gen. George D., 145, 154, 167

  Walker, Col. Irvine, 31

  Walker, Gen. William H. T., 57, 123n, 252, 295

  Walsh, M.D., Jack D., 272

  Walthall, Gen. Edward, 26, 189, 205

  War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta, 16

  The Wartime Papers of Robert E. Lee, 11, 17

  Washburn, W. A., 146

  Washburne, Elihu, 33

  Washington, George, 291

  Watkins, Pvt. Sam, 29, 42, 79, 153, 188, 201, 264, 277

  Welsh, Jack, 275

  Western and Atlantic Railroad, 90

  Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, 24, 61-62, 100, 105, 202, 252

  Whiting, Gen. William Henry Chase, 6-7, 231, 253

  Wigfall, Capt. F. H., 42

  Wigfall, Louis T., 20, 51n, 265

  Wilcox, Gen. Cadmus, xiii, xx

  Wiley, Bell I., 281

  Williamsburg, battle of, 6

  Williamson, Lt. R. S., 3

  Wilson, Gen. James H., 43-44, 65, 85, 118, 135, 147, 201, 239, 264

  Wofford, Col. William, 231

  Wolseley, Lord Garnet Joseph, 79

  Wood, Gen. Thomas, 155

  Woodworth, Steven, xxxv, 53, 56, 58, 62, 140, 204, 211, 271

  Wright, Louise Wigfall, 255, 260, 265

  Wyatt, Col. J. N., 43

  “Yellow Rose of Texas, The,” song, 281-286

  Yorktown, Virginia, battle of, 6, 36-37

  Young, Pvt. J. P., 118-119, 136, 138

  Stephen M. Hood

  Stephen “Sam” Hood is a graduate of Kentucky Military Institute, Marshall University (BBA, 1976), and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. A collateral descendant of Gen. John Bell Hood, Sam is a retired industrial construction company owner, past member of the Board of Directors of the Blue Gray Education Society of Chatham, Virginia, and is a past president of the Board of Directors of Confederate Memorial Hall Museum Foundation in New Orleans.

  Author

  Sam resides in his hometown of Huntington, West Virginia, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with his wife of thirty-five years, Martha, and is the proud father of two sons: Derek Hood of Lexington, Kentucky, and Taylor Hood of Huntington, West Virginia. He is compiling General Hood’s personal papers for publication with Savas Beatie.