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Born
Hood was born in Owingsville, Kentucky, the son of John Wills Hood (1798-1852), and Theodosia French Hood (1801-1886) -
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John Bell Hood
John Bell Hood was a Confederate General during the American Civil War. His career was marked by his bravery and in some cases wreckless decisions. He was known for his steadfast decisions and fighting techniques. As the war progress and he gained larger and stronger armies he seemed to become more innefective as a leader. -
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Early to Military life
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Military
Despite his father's reluctance to support a military career for his son. Hood graduated in 1853, ranked 44th in a class of 52. -
Fort Mason
While commanding a reconnaissance patrol from Fort Mason, Hood sustained one of the many wounds that he accumulated over his lifetime in military service, an arrow through his left hand. -
Promoted
Promoted to first lieutenant. -
Resignment and Rejoinment
Resigned from the Army, dissatisfied with the neutrality of his native Kentucky, decided to serve his adopted state of Texas. He joined the Confederate army as a cavalry captain. -
Promoted
Was promoted to be colonel of the 4th Texas Infantry. -
Effective?
I believe that his marks were indeed effective. Even though he may have lost 60% of his men on the field, he held off the union army very successfully. His men were also quiet outnumbered, seeing as that he and his troops of 2,300 inflicted more causalities, 2500, onto the Union troops then they had themselves, and with those causalities they inflicted. The union army failed to achieve any ground whatsoever -
Battle of Antietam
It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties on both sides. -
Hood's Envolvment in the battle
Hood's division came to the relief of Stonewall Jackson's corps Had roughly 2000 troops under his command and was ordered to resist the approaching attack from the union army, he did so quite succesfully, but racked up quite a death count on his side. Gen. Lee later asked Hood where his division was. He responded, "They are lying on the field where you sent them. My division has been almost wiped out." Of his 2,000 men, almost 1,000 were casualties. -
General
Hood's performance and recommended his promotion to major general. -
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Post-War
Hood moved to Louisiana after the war and became a cotton broker and worked as a President of the Life Association of America. In 1868, he married New Orleans native Anna Marie Hennen, with whom he fathered 11 children over 10 years, including three pairs of twins. His insurance business was ruined by a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans during the winter of 1878–79 and he got the disease himself and ended up dying from it