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

by Hood, Stephen

Austin, Maj. J. E., 50-51

  Authors and Historians: the following is a list of authors and historians mentioned in this book. Page locations for each can be found under individual listings.

  Bailey, Anne J.

  Blount, Russell

  Bonds, Russell

  Bradford, James

  Bradley, Michael W.

  Castel, Albert

  Connelly, Thomas

  Daniel, Larry

  Davis, Stephen

  Davis, William C. “Jack”

  Davison, Eddy

  Dowdey, Clifford

  Durham, Walter T.

  Dyer, John

  Ecelbarger, Gary

  Eicher, David J.

  Elliott, Sam Davis

  Ellis, Barbara G.

  Foote, Shelby

  Foxx, Daniel

  Freeman, Douglas S.

  Garrison Jr., Webb

  Gibboney, Douglas Lee

  Groom, Winston

  Hamlin, Percy

  Hattaway, Herman

  Hay, Thomas

  Henderson, George

  Henry, Robert Selph

  Horn, Stanley

  Jacobson, Eric

  Jamieson, Perry

  Jenkins, Sally

  Jones, Archer

  Kelly, Dennis

  Knight, James R.

  Lanier, Robert

  Longacre, Edward

  Losson, Christopher

  Lowry, Thomas

  Lundberg, John

  Manarin, Louis

  McDonough, James

  McKay, John

  McKinney, Francis F.

  McMurray, W. J.

  McMurry, Richard

  McPherson, James M.

  McWhiney, Grady

  Miller, Brian C.

  Miller, Francis

  Muzzey, David S.

  Nelson, Larry E.

  Newton, Stephen

  Nisbet, Col. James C.

  Patterson, Gerard

  Pawlowski, Rebecca

  Pollard, E. A.

  Riedel, Len

  Roman, Alfred

  Scaife, William

  Simpson, Harold B.

  Smith, Jean Edward

  Smith, Frank H.

  Stauffer, John

  Sword, Wiley

  Symonds, Craig

  Van Horne, Thomas B.

  Wiley, Bell I.

  Woodworth, Steven

  Autumn of Glory, xxxiv, 74, 91, 128, 202, 210-211, 274, 284

  Ayer, Maj., —, 97

  Bailey, Anne J., 203-204

  Bailey, Ronald H., 270

  Bailey, Thomas A., 261

  Baker, Gen. Alpheus, 195

  Baldwin, James W., 158

  Banks, Gen. Nathaniel, 32, 37

  Barnes, Lt. Col. Milton, 155

  Bate, Gen. William, 31, 57, 59, 98, 113, 186, 204, 222, 246; Spring Hill Affair, 114, 116, 122; Franklin, 145, 188; sent to Murfreesboro, 184-185; Nashville, 186-187

  Battle of Franklin, The: Five Hours in the Valley of Death (film), 104

  Battle of Franklin, The: When the Devil Had Full Possession of the Field, 285

  Battle Cry of Freedom, 17

  Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee 1861-1865, 282

  Battles for Atlanta, The, 270

  Battles of New Hope Church, 280

  Beach, John N., 86

  Beattie, Col. Taylor, 50

  Beauregard, Gen. PierreG. T., xx, 10, 25, 35, 69, 70-72, 82, 89, 98, 104, 106, 111, 132, 198n, 247; published Hood’s memoir, xvii; letter as rationale for Tennessee Campaign, 82-83; rationale for Tennessee Campaign, 84; Military Division of the West, 91-92; first meeting with Hood, 92-93, 105; found it necessary to bypass Taylor, 95, 97; supplies for Hood from Taylor, 95; presses Hood to launch invasion, 96; miscommunication, 100-103; orders Wheeler to resist Sherman, 100; appointed Hood’s superior, 104; poor communications, 105; relationship with Hood, 106; arranged for publication of Hood’s memoirs, 107; callous treatment by Hood, 107-108; Gadsden meeting letter, 108; logistics, 109; awaits Forrest at Tuscumbia, 110; “barren victory” at Franklin, 176; did not order Hood to withdraw after Franklin, 177; did not think Hood should move on Nashville, 183; seeking help from Kirby Smith, 189-195; Smith refuses to help Hood, 196; Hood retreats into Mississippi, 197; Spring Hill Affair, 197; Hood requests he visit the army, 199; denies Hood’s request to furlough troops, 233; West Point, 252; Hood’s memoirs, 296; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 305, 310

  Beckham, Col. Robert, 25-26

  Bell, Dr. John, 2, 250

  Bell, Pvt. George W., 284, 286-287

  Benet, Stephen Vincent, 15, 17

  Bentonville, North Carolina, battle of, 178, 206, 220, 227-228

  Bierce, Ambrose, xxxi

  Big Book of Civil War Sites, The: From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, 140

  Blair, Gen. Francis, 65

  Blair, Montgomery, 65

  Blanton, Maj., 116, 118

  Blount, Russell, 280

  Bonaparte, Napoleon, 19

  Bonds, Russell, xxii, 16-17

  Bowers, Bryan, 232

  Bradford, James, 140

  Bradley, Michael W., 213

  Bragg, Gen. Braxton, xx, xxxv, 9, 13, 19, 20-24, 31, 59, 91-92, 105-106, 108, 191, 215, 229, 232; Atlanta Campaign, xviii; Johnston commands the department, 37; Chickamauga, 44; West Point, 252; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 308, 310-311

  Breckinridge, Gen. John C., 194

  Brent, Col. George W., 191

  Bright Skies and Dark Shadows, 166

  Broughton, Lt. William, 2n

  Brown, A. Whitney, 46

  Brown, Gen. JohnC., 26, 113, 122, 136-138, 142, 144-145, 170-172, 205, 216, 246

  Brown, Joseph, 97

  Brown, Thomas, xxxiv, 34

  Brown’s Mill, battle of, 61

  Buck, Col. Irving, 65

  Buckner, Gen. Simon B., 192

  Burns, Ken, 200, 288

  Burnside, Gen. Ambrose, 16

  Butler, Gen. Matthew C., 32, 59, 228

  Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 48, 51-51n

  Byrne, W. J., 29

  Campaign for Atlanta, 66

  Campaign for Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea, The, 271

  Carter, Gen. John C., 216, 287

  Cassville, Georgia, affair, 46-52, 237

  Castel, Albert, 11, 21, 53, 56, 58, 61, 238

  Chalmers, Gen. James, xiii, xxi, 116, 124, 153, 216, 246

  Chancellorsville, battle of, 8

  Cheatham, Gen. Benjamin F., xvi, 26, 71, 110, 166, 185, 211, 216; supports Johnston against Hood, xvi; Spring Hill Affair, 113, 116-118, 120-127, 129-130, 137, 240, 244; letter regarding Spring Hill, 122; refused to allow Johnson to attack, 125; disobeyed orders, 127; promoted his version of Spring Hill, 128; Rippavilla meeting, 136; Franklin, 140, 143, 145, 154, 164, 187; Sword’s inflammatory comments about Spring Hill, 142; command meeting at Franklin, 166-167; Hood blames for Spring Hill Affair, 170-171, 173; Nashville, 186; casualty reports, 204; never saw Hood impaired, 278; Hood’s memoirs, 295-296, 298

  Cherokee Station, Alabama, 93-95, 97

  Chesnut, Mary Boynton, 99n, 106, 243, 247, 260, 273, 287

  Chessboard of War, The: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864, 204

  Chicago Tribune, xix, xxiv

  Chickamauga, Georgia, battle of, 9, 44, 174, 229, 236, 256-257, 268, 271, 276

  Civil War in Books, The, 51

  Civil War, The: A Narrative, 67

  Clayton, Gen. Henry, 26, 33, 59, 74, 78, 98, 205

  Cleburne, Gen. Patrick, 65, 96, 122, 129, 146, 173, 211, 213, 279, 287; Peachtree Creek, 61; Spring Hill Affair, 113, 116, 123, 144, 169, 171, 174; Franklin, 138, 140, 144-145, 149, 154-155, 156, 158, 169-170, 172, 174-175; Sword’s inflammatory comments about Spring Hill, 142; death of, 169, 173, 175, 232; final meeting with Hood, 170; Chickamauga, 174; Jonesboro, 238-239

  Clemson, John W., 67

  Clifton, Tennessee, 100

  Cockrell, Gen. Francis M., 65, 112, 218

>   Collingwood, R. G., 267

  Columbia, Tennessee, 96, 112, 114, 118, 129-130, 133-136, 145, 151, 158, 166, 213, 234, 239-240

  Columbus, Mississippi, 92

  Comanche Indians, 4

  Committee on Resolutions of the Association of the Army of Tennessee, 300

  Company Aytch, 264

  Confederacy’s Last Hurrah, The: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville, xxii, xxv, xl, 11, 16, 21, 91, 127, 142, 147, 159, 198, 201, 203, 212, 249, 260, 270, 287, 289

  Confederate Veteran, xv

  Confederate Military Units

  Alabama, 17th Infantry, 43, 119, 159; 23rd Infantry, 232; 58th Infantry, 220

  Arkansas, 1st Infantry, 146; 3rd Infantry, 115, 117 Florida, Florida brigade, 186

  Georgia, 3rd Infantry, 264; 5th Infantry, 123n; 30th Infantry, 28; 63rd Infantry, 28; Marion Light Artillery, 29

  Kentucky, 2nd Infantry, 164; 9th Infantry, 29

  Louisiana, 4th Infantry, 28; 14th Battalion Sharpshooters, 50; Washington Artillery, 254

  Mississippi, 3rd Infantry, 284, 286; 11th Infantry, 14, 265; 23rd Infantry, 181

  North Carolina, 39th Infantry, 282-283; 58th Infantry, 232

  South Carolina, 10th Infantry, 31

  Tennessee, 1stInfantry, 29, 42, 79, 143, 153, 264; 2nd Infantry, 265; 7th Infantry, 118; 12th Infantry, 43; 20th Infantry, 282; 24th Infantry, 282; 41st Infantry, 42, 117, 150, 206, 263; 49th Infantry, 120, 139

  Texas, 1st Infantry, 5, 232; 4th Infantry, xxiii, 6, 231, 255; 10th Cavalry, 98, 247

  Virginia, 17th Infantry, 187n; 54th Infantry, 232; 63rd Infantry, 232

  Connelly, Thomas, xl, xxii, xxv, xxxi, xxxiv, xli, 20-23, 41, 49-50, 72, 74, 87, 90-91, 102-103, 106, 108, 128, 139-142, 165, 166, 184, 193, 196, 202, 205, 210-211, 213, 215, 217-218, 229, 235, 243, 254, 260, 269, 274, 279, 280, 281-281n, 284, 287

  Cooper, Gen. Samuel, 97, 191, 198n, 251-252

  Copley, John, 120, 139

  Corinth, Mississippi, 94-95, 105, 111, 189, 195, 199

  Courage Under Fire: Profiles in Bravery from the Battlefields of the Civil War, 21, 142, 212, 249, 258

  Courtwright, David, 275

  Cowper, William, 131

  Cox, Gen. Jacob, 66-68

  Crook, Gen. George, 3

  Cumming, Joseph B., 116, 122, 123-123n, 272

  Cunningham, S. A., 42, 117, 150-153, 168, 188, 201, 263

  Custer, George A., 252

  Dabney, Virginius, xiv

  Dalton, Georgia, 27-29, 34, 40, 70, 232, 239, 281, 294

  Daniel, Larry, 27

  Darby, Dr. John T., 271, 276-277

  Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America, 275

  Davenport, W. G., 98, 247

  Davis vs. Wigfall controversy, 243

  Davis, Jefferson, 3, 7, 10, 16, 44, 59, 69, 80-81, 84, 92, 103, 107, 110, 132, 183, 228, 259, 262; Atlanta Campaign, xviii; R. E. Lee’s opinion of Hood, 11-12, 14-15, 17; wants a new commander of the Army of Tennessee, 13; Hood not scheming to replace Johnston, 19-20; Hood’s first letter to, 20; Hood’s correspondence with authorities, 23-24; trying to deny Lincoln’s reelection, 32-33; war weariness, 33; distrust of Johnston, 34; early admiration for Johnston, 35; shock at Johnston’s ignorance of Virginia topography, 36; Johnston’s retreat from Yorktown, 37; Johnston’s tight-lipped demeanor, 38; Hardee turns down command, 39; regrets promoting Johnston, 39-40; Sherman’s army outnumbered Johnston’s, 41; places Hood in command of army, 42-43; removes Johnston, 53; Hood’s efforts not useless, 64; letter as rationale for Tennessee Campaign, 83-84; logistics, 99; sanctioned movement to Tennessee, 103; Franklin, 159; conduct of Bates’ men, 187; Beauregard seeks help for Hood, 190-191; Army of Tennessee not destroyed during the campaign, 200; R. E. Lee’s army destroyed during retreat to Appomattox, 206; Hood’s evaluation of his army, 219; army’s morale, 223; removal of Joe Johnston, 234; where Hood learned his craft, 236; Hood accepts responsibility, 245; West Point, 252; R. E. Lee’s letter regarding Hood’s abilities, 257-258; Louis T. Wigfall, 265; Hood spent time with, 273; never saw Hood impaired, 280; Hood’s memoirs, 295; Confederate Congress on Joseph E. Johnston, 303-313

  Davis, Chaplain Nicholas, 231, 256

  Davis, Stephen, xxii, 51, 268, 271, 275, 279

  Davis, William C. “Jack,” 22, 184

  Davison, Eddy, 15, 116-117, 243, 279

  Day That Dixie Died, The: The Battle of Atlanta, xl

  De Fontaine, Felix, 54

  Deal, Pvt. John, 7

  Decatur, battle of (See Atlanta, battle of)

  Deas, Gen. Zachariah, 230

  Decatur, Alabama, 92-97, 109, 234, 239-240, 263, 295

  Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, 11, 21, 50, 56, 58

  The Decisive Battle of Nashville, 81, 87, 285

  Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, 91, 100

  Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, 224

  District of Northern Alabama, 87

  District of West Louisiana, 192

  Dodd, Capt. W. O., 153

  Dorsey, Sarah A., 77

  Dowdey, Clifford, 11, 17

  Durham, Walter T., 184

  Dyer, John, xxxiv, xliii, 8, 250, 277

  Early vs. Longstreet controversy, 243

  Early, Gen. Jubal A., 12

  Eastman, Pvt. Jake, 262

  Ecelbarger, Gary, xl

  Eicher, David J., 51-52

  Elliott, Sam Davis, 115, 143, 243

  Ellis, Barbara G., 120-120n, 241, 280

  Eltham’s Landing, battle of, 6-7, 214, 257

  Embrace an Angry Wind: The Confederacy’s Last Harrah, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxviii, xxxix

  Ewell, Gen. Richard S., 15, 274-275

  Ezra Church, battle of, 27, 58-63, 66-68, 202, 205, 216-218, 238-239

  Fabian strategy, xxi, 237, 266

  Fergusson, Lt. William W., 265

  Field, Henry, 166

  Finishing Stroke, The: Texans in the 1864 Tennessee Campaign, 116, 141, 212, 279

  Finley, Gen. Jesse J., 186

  Fischer, David H., 11

  Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin, 72, 128, 142, 166, 269

  Fleherty, S. J., 30

  Fleming, L. J., 94-95

  Florence, Alabama, 93, 98

  Florida brigade, 186

  Foard, Dr. A. J., 205

  Foch, Field Marshal Ferdinand, 81

  Foote, Henry, xxii Foote, Shelby, 67

  For Cause and for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin, xxix, 143, 217, 250, 284,

  Forney, Gen. John, 37

  Forrest, Gen. Nathan B., xviii, 25, 71, 93-94, 100-101, 103, 109, 113, 241, 243, 246-247, 259; Southern Historical Society, xxi; miscommunication, 100-102; Spring Hill Affair, 113-116, 120; Rippavilla meeting, 136; anger about Spring Hill, 139; Franklin flanking maneuver, 146-147, 149-150; could never have flanked Schofield, 150; Franklin, 155, 267; sent to Murfreesboro, 184-186, 188; troop strength, 201n; Murfreesboro, 222, 240; myth about ‘whipping’ Hood, 267-268; never saw Hood impaired, 278

  Fort Granger, Tennessee, 147

  Fort Jones, California, 3

  Fort Mason, Texas, 4, 250

  Fort Monroe, Virginia, 6

  Fort Reading, California, 3

  Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 5

  Foster, Capt. Samuel, 41, 43, 95-96, 233-234, 261-263, 286

  Four Years on the Firing Line, 288

  Foxx, Daniel, 15, 116-117, 243, 279

  Franklin, Tennessee, and battle of, xv, xvi, xvii, xxvi, xl, xliii, 10, 22, 64, 70, 84, 86, 95, 112-113, 119-120, 128-129, 131-134, 136-147, 149, 151-177, 180-183, 187, 192, 196, 203, 209-212, 222, 227, 229, 232-236, 239-240, 243, 246-248, 259, 261, 263, 267, 287, 289, 297

  Franklin, Gen. William B., 6, 10

  Fredericksburg, battle of, 8, 13

  Freeman, Douglas S., 224

  French and Indian War, 2

  French, Gen. Samuel, 24, 137

  Gadsden, Alabama, 85, 92-94, 98, 105, 108

  Gaines’s Mill
, Virginia, battle of, xxiii-xxiv, 8, 14, 146, 214, 229, 231, 236, 248, 255-257, 259

  Gale, Col. W. D., 118, 230

  Gallant Hood, The, xxxiv, 250

  Gardner, Gen. Franklin, 37

  Gardner, Washington, 159-160

  Garrett, Maj. G. W., 181

  Garrison Jr., Webb, 21, 234, 269, 279

  Georgia Railroad, 90

  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, battle of, xiv, xv, xx, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, 1, 8, 14, 44, 63, 215, 229, 257, 271-272, 276

  Gibbon, Edward, 53

  Gibboney, Douglas Lee, 281

  Gist, Gen. States Rights, 287

  Gordon, Gen. John B., 64, 90

  Gorgas, Gen. Josiah, 30

  Govan, Gen. Daniel, 115, 170, 173-174

  Granbury, Gen. Hiram, 41, 95, 145, 175, 213, 232-233, 261-262, 286-287

  Grant, 17

  Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., xxvii, 9, 32-33, 37-38, 71, 74-75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 86, 161, 222; treatment of Thomas, xxvi; decides to relieve Thomas, 183; decides to travel to Nashville, 183; impressed by Hood’s movement to Nashville, 182; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 302; West Point, 252

  Gray, R. M., 264

  Gregg, Gen. David, 12

  Groom, Winston, 75, 163

  Guntersville, Alabama, 70-71, 93, 98, 101, 105-106

  Hood’s Tennessee Campaign, 11

  Halleck, Gen. Henry, 79, 81, 93

  Hamilton, Maj., —, 116, 118

  Hamlin, Percy, 268, 275-275

  Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., 252

  Hardee, Gen. William J., 4, 22-23, 26, 45, 61-62, 111, 204, 217-218, 224; turns down command of the Army of Tennessee, 11, 13, 39; only experienced high level commander, 25; Cassville, 47; Peachtree Creek, 54, 56-57, 238; Ezra Church, 58; requests a transfer, 62n; army’s lack of initiative, 216; Jonesboro, 220, 238, 244; Atlanta, 242; army’s aggressiveness, 244; West Point, 252; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress on Hardee, 310, 311

  Harris, Gov. Isham, 113-114, 116-117, 159, 278

  Harvie, Col. E. J., 78

  Haskell, Col. J. C., 254

  Hattaway, Herman, 17

  Hay, Thomas, xxxiv-xxxv, xl, xli, xliii, 11, 19-20, 80-81, 87, 91, 98-99, 102, 127, 141, 149, 154, 156-157, 170-171, 173, 181-184, 188, 192, 209, 220, 284, 287

  Helms, Pvt. Celathiel, 28

  Henderson, George, 79

  Hennen (Hood), Anna Marie, xxxii

  Henry, Gustavus, 73-73n

  Henry, Robert Selph, 281

  Heth, Gen. Henry, 252

  Hill, Gen. Ambrose P., 15, 173

  Hill, Gen. Daniel H., 231, 252, 272

  Hindman, Gen. Thomas, 48, 50

  History of the 20th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, 282

  History of the 24th Tennessee, 282

  History of the Army of the Cumberland, 177, 299