History of the Twenty-Fourth Tennessee, 43
Holcombe, B. W., 265 Hollow Tree Gap, 147, 150
Hood: Cavalier General, 270
Hood Hospital, xxxii
Hood Relief Committee, 107
Hood, Anna Marie, xviii, 260
Hood, Gen. John Bell, 4, 51, 60, 66, 80, 82, 86, 106, 108, 111, 125n, 150n; criticized Johnston in official report, xii-xiv; destruction of historical memory, xii, xxiv-xxv, xxxiv, xxxviii, xli; Lee Monument Association, xiii; Nashville, battle of, xiii, xxvi, xliii, 297; settled in New Orleans, xiii; Southern Historical Society, xiii, xiv, xix, xx, xxii; Franklin, battle of, xv, xvi, xvii, xxvi, xliii, 162, 243, 247-259, 261, 263, 267, 289, 297; Gettysburg, xv, xxv, 1, 8-9, 14, 237, 257; castigated by Johnston, xvi-xvii; memoirs, xvi, 70, 107, 144, 166, 170, 178, 189, 258, 210-211, 213, 216-217, 225, 293-298; Spring Hill Affair, xvi, xvii, xliii, 22, 62, 112, 114-117, 119, 120-120n, 121, 123-124, 127-129, 130-130n, 134, 136-139, 141-143, 150, 158, 182-183, 209-211, 216, 236, 242, 246, 248, 269, 274, 297-298; Anna Marie, xviii, 260; Atlanta Campaign, xviii, 64, 183, 262; stigmatized by the Lost Cause, xviii; obituary, xix-xx; Tennessee Campaign, xxi, xxxi, 84-85, 87, 89-90, 98, 102, 262, xxiii, 1, 5-8, 14, 16; death of, xxiv, xxviii, 289; history is improving, xxviii; started a new life after the war, xxviii; tenure with the Army of Tennessee, xxxi; Lost Cause “Hood the butcher,” xxxii; married Anna Marie Hennen, xxxii; postwar, xxxiii; rise and fall of, 1; enigmatic career, 1; Owingsville, Kentucky, born in, 1; father John W. Hood, 2; graduates from West Point, 2; nickname “Sam,” 2-2n; West Point, 2, 5, 251-253, 258; Fort Jones, 3; Williamson’s comment about Hood’s departure, 3; Jefferson Barracks, 4; wounded by Comanches, 4; appointed commander of the Texas brigade, 5; declined assignment to West Point, 5; offers services to Magoffin, 5; promoted to colonel, 5; resigns U.S. Army commission, 5; Eltham’s Landing, 6-7, 257; Seven Pines, 7; Gaines’s Mill, 8, 14, 231, 236, 255-257, 259; Second Manassas, 8, 14, 236, 255, 257; Sharpsburg, 8, 14, 231-232, 257; Suffolk Campaign, 8; Chickamauga, 9, 236, 256-257; promoted to lieutenant general, 9, 257; wounded at Chickamauga, 9, 215, 268, 276, 271; wounded at Gettysburg, 9, 215, 237, 271-272, 276; Nashville, 10, 75, 176-177, 182-183, 189, 191, 195, 240, 243; promoted to full general, 10; recovering from leg amputation, 10; strong relationship with Davis, 10; surrendered at Natchez, 10, 260; R. E. Lee’s opinion of, 11-12; opinion of Hood, 13; “All lion, no fox” comment, 14-18; Hood is a bold fighter, 14; R. E. Lee’s letter regarding murder of civilians, 14; John Brown’s Body poem honors Hood, 15; brave fighter, 16; “Old Woodenhead” label, 17, 288; correspondence with authorities, 19-21, 25; not scheming to replace Johnston, 19-20; ordered to keep Richmond informed, 20; called a “disloyal subordinate” by Sword, 21; “chronic liar” comment, 21; “damaging letter” to Bragg, 22; Franklin, Tennessee, 10, 22, 84, 86-87, 95, 132, 134, 136, 139-141, 150-151, 154-160, 163-166, 168, 170, 172, 182-183, 209-210, 224-225, 227, 232-236, 239; “shamelessly politicked” comment, 22; “damaging letter” to Bragg, 23; disobedience and jealousy of officers, 26-27; outnumbered two-to-one, 26; Confederate deserters, 27-28, 189; troops’ decreased fighting spirit, 30; replaces Johnston on July 17, 31, 33, 53-54; letter from G. W. Smith, 40; assigned command of Army of Tennessee, 42-43; soldiers not upset about his appointment, 42; Peter Principle, 44; successful brigade and division commander, 44-45; James Wilson’s letter, 44; Cassville, 48-49, 237; Eicher’s accusations, 51n, 52; inherits an impossible situation, 53; Peachtree Creek, 54, 56, 58, 60, 237; Peachtree Creek battle plan, 56; Ezra Church, 58-61, 63, 68, 238-239; plenty of supporters, 59; some officers opposed his replacement of Johnston, 59; open communications with high command, 60; physical condition, 62; Wheeler’s raid, 62; a hands-on combat commander, 63; casualties around Atlanta, 63; evacuates Atlanta, 63; Jonesboro, battle of, 63, 220-221, 238-239; blamed only subordinate William Hardee for defeats, 65; largely excused for defeat at Atlanta, 65; poor scholarship about, 66; onesided portrayal, 69; long account of Tennessee Campaign, 70-72; modern authors oppose, 72, 79; died in New Orleans, 73; Connelly calls a liar, 74; desertions, 75; soldiers poor morale, 77-78; Wolseley’s comments, 79; appointed to command Army of Tennessee, 81; Tennessee Campaign not impossible, 81; rationale for Tennessee Campaign, 83-84; logistics, 89-91, 95-97, 99, 109; youngest full general, 89; youngest officer to command an army, 89; kept army well supplied at Atlanta, 91; asks for railroads to be repaired, 92, 96; drawing supplies from Taylor’s department, 92; first meeting with Beauregard, 92-93, 105; keen appreciation for logistics, 92; looking for ordnance reserve, 92; plans keep evolving because of various issues, 92-93; anxious to launch the invasion, 94; requests twenty days rations from Taylor, 94; found it necessary to bypass Taylor, 95, 97; Beauregard presses to launch invasion, 96; General Order Number 37, 96; lack of cavalry, 100; miscommunication, 100-102; missing Forrest, 100; Decatur, Georgia, less defended, 101; Forrest’s whereabouts unknown, 101; did not disobey orders after Atlanta, 103; accused by Sword of being rash, 104; Beauregard appointed his superior, 104; keeps Richmond informed, 105; poor communications, 105; Wheeler’s orders, 105; relationship with Beauregard, 106; Hood Relief Committee, 107; awaits Forrest at Tuscumbia, 109-110; illness at Spring Hill, 116-117, 143; ultimately responsible for Spring Hill, 117; letter regarding Spring Hill, 121; Cheatham’s letter, 122; “natural modesty,” 123; S. D. Lee’s letter, 124-125, 127; Old’s letter, 126; accountable for Franklin, 132; Franklin decision explained, 134-135, 147, 149-150; was he upset or angry about Spring Hill, 135; Rippavilla meeting, 136; confident and robust, 143; frontal assault at Franklin comment, 143; similarities to Gaines’s Mill, 146; attempting to destroy Schofield, not occupy Franklin, 149; extensive knowledge of the cavalry, 150; Tennessee Campaign official report, 157; troop morale, 151-152; Schofield’s “Hood the butcher” comment, 159; dilemma at Franklin, 162; 17 separate attacks rumor, 164; command meeting at Franklin, 165-168; plan to renew the attack at Franklin, 165-166; valor of his soldiers, 165; “wept like a child” comment, 165; “savage in his fury” comment, 166; death of Cleburne, 169, 174-175, 232; did not blame Cleburne for Spring Hill, 169, 172-173; blames Cheatham for Spring Hill, 170-171; final meeting with Cleburne, 170; wept at Cleburne’s death, 175; refused to abandon the campaign, 176-177; not trying to conceal anything from Richmond, 177; sends results of Franklin to Beauregard, 177; size of army before Nashville, 178; looking for help from Kirby Smith, 179-180, 189-190, 192, 194; reason to capture Nashville, 179; aware of heavy odds at Nashville, 180; affection by men not lost, 181; movement to Nashville is a problem for historians, 181-182; invades Tennessee, 183; misinformation on Nashville actions, 184; sends Forrest to Murfreesboro, 184-186, 240; seeking reinforcements, 189; conscription, 195; requests Baker’s brigade, 195; retreats into Mississippi, 197, 206-207, 233, 247, 265; Nashville losses, 198; requests Beauregard visit the army, 199; Army of Tennessee not destroyed during the campaign, 202-203; casualty reports, 205, 218; resignation, 206; did not call his men cowards, 9, 213, 208-211, 214, 221, 227, 233; official report, 211; Sword is a leading critic, 211-212, 254-260; evaluation of his army, 219; Forrest sent to Murfreesboro, 222; army’s morale, 223-224; double standard, 225; loved his men, 226, 231; speech in Charleston, South Carolina, 226; Johnston thought war lostin 1863, 228; Tennessee Campaign losses, 228-229; pardoned deserters, 232; Capt. Foster’s criticisms, 233-234, 261-263; wants to furlough troops, 233; generalship, 235; advocate of offensive warfare, 236; joins the Army of Tennessee, 237; where Hood learned his craft, 237; Atlanta, battle of, 238, 256, 262-263; Franklin was last opportunity to destroy Schofield, 240; not a careless commander, 241; always accepted responsibility, 242-247; “I lost Atlanta” comment, 245; accepted responsibility for Tennessee Campaign, 247; compares Franklin troops to the Texas brigade, 247; resignation, 247; roll of honor for troops at Franklin, 247; large volume of personal attacks, 249; Fort Mason, 250; early writers were respectful, 254; postwar life in New Orleans, 260; modern books, 261; deserves well of the country, 264; Watkins’ poem, 264; Louise Wigfall Wright’s opinion of, 266; myth
about Forrest “whipping” him, 267, 268; stories lack supporting evidence, 267; use of laudanum, 268-280; spent time with Davis in Richmond, 273; Anglesey leg, 278; prosthetics, 278; gambling myth, 281; “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” 282-286; Sally Preston, 287; Ken Burn’s Civil War series, 288; tribute to, 289, 300-302; knew his career would be open to criticism, 291
Hood: Cavalier General, xxxiv
Hood’s Tennessee Campaign (1929), xliii, 87, 91, 127, 141, 181, 284
Hood’s Tennessee Campaign (1941), 87
Hooker, Gen. Joseph, 16, 47, 51
Hood, Dr. John W., 2, 249
Hood, Adm. Samuel, 2-2n
Horn, Stanley, xxii, xxv, xxxiv, xl-xli, 20, 49, 63, 81, 84-85, 87, 91, 102, 127, 149, 155, 185, 189, 196-198, 209, 211, 215, 217, 220, 240, 242-243, 270, 284-286
How the North Won the Civil War, 17
Howard, Gen. Oliver O., 57-58, 61, 238
Hudson, Robert, 33
Hunter, Gen. David, 32
Irving, Washington, 169
It Happened in the Civil War, 213
Iverson, Gen. Alfred, 61
Jackson, Gen. Henry R., 186
Jackson, Gen. Thomas J., 8, 15, 65, 78, 115, 173, 223, 228, 231, 236, 245, 259
Jackson, Gen. William H., 100
Jacobson, Eric, xxii, xxix, 22, 72, 81, 130n, 143, 146, 167n, 185, 203, 217, 229, 250, 284, 292
Jamieson, Perry, 229
Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West, 211
Jefferson Barracks, 4
Jefferson, Thomas, 235
Jenkins, Sally, 259
“John Brown’s Body,” 15
John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory, xxix, xxxiv, 250
John Bell Hoodand the War for Southern Independence, xxxiv
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History, xxxiv
Johnson, Gen. Edward, 187, 123-124, 164
Johnson, Herschel V., 64
Johnson, Col. J. P., 199
Johnson’s Island, Ohio, prison, 120
Johnston and Beauregard vs. Davis and Bragg controversy, 243
Johnston vs. Hood controversy, 243
Johnston, Gen. Albert Sidney, 4, 173
Johnston, Joseph E., xvii, 6, 10, 23, 24-24n, 33, 66-67, 79-80, 115, 117, 152, 162, 182, 227-228, 268, 283, 288; criticized by Hood in official report, xii-xiv, xvi; Atlanta Campaign, xviii; Southern Historical Society, xxii; memoirs, xxiv; Seven Pines, 7, 34, 37; retreats before Sherman, 10, 40; removed by Davis, 11-12; tactics not working, 13; affection of the army, 16; Hood not scheming to replace, 19; failure to keep authorities informed, 21; timidity, 21; political infighting in army, 25; handling of the army, 27; Confederate desertions, 28; always falling back, xii, 29-30, 209, 214-215, 237; Southerners maintained confidence in, 31; Davis did not trust, 34; Kennesaw Mountain, 34; Pickett’s Mill, 34; early admiration by Davis, 35; First Manassas, 35; retreats from Manassas, 36; Yorktown, 36; given command of a department, 37-38; retreats from Yorktown, 37; tight-lipped demeanor, 38, 40; going to abandon Atlanta, 41; his fault he was dismissed from command, 41-42; outnumbered by Sherman, 41; removal upset his soldiers, 42-43; no victories in last 18 months of war, 44; Cassville, 46-52; dismissed as commander, 46; Resaca, 46; removed by Davis, 53-54; some officers opposed Hood, 59; frustrates high command, 60; placed in command of the Army of Tennessee, 69; desertions, 75, 77; poor morale, 77; policy of the government for his army, 82; retreating, 84; logistics, 89-90; Bentonville, North Carolina, 178, 220, 228; long retreat, 205; restored to theater command, 206; army’s lack of initiative, 216; thought war was lost in 1863, 228; Dalton, Georgia, 232; largest mass execution of deserters, 232; army’s aggressiveness, 244; Foster a devotee, 261-262; Hood’s memoirs, 293-295; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 303-313
Jones, Archer, 17
Jones, Capt. A. C., 115, 117
Jones, Capt. Bushrod, 220
Jones, Franklin P., 69
Jonesboro, Georgia, 62-62n, 63, 90, 216-221, 230, 238-239, 244
Kelly, Dennis, xxi
Kennesaw Mountain, battle of, xxi, 34, 220, 222, 230
Knight, James R., 285
Lanier, Robert, 64
Law, Col. Evander, 8, 231
Leaming, Maj. Henry, 155
Lee Monument Association, xiii
Lee, Gen. Fitzhugh, 12, 252
Lee, Gen. Robert E., xvi, xxv, 1, 4-5, 10, 23, 32, 42, 64, 71, 78, 84, 90, 133, 152, 177-178, 183, 191, 214, 219, 223-224, 228-229, 231-232, 236, 245, 248, 255, 257-258; Lost Cause deity, xv; Texas brigade, xxiii; death of, xxvii-xxviii; appointed commander of the Virginia Army, 7; Seven Day’s battles, 8; Johnston’s successor, 11;opinion of Hood, 11-12, 17; Hood is a bold fighter, 12; letter to Davis regarding Hood, 12-14; did not reject Hood, 13; Johnston needs to be replaced, 13; letter regarding murder of civilians, 14; Hood’s correspondence with authorities, 20, 22-23; asks Davis to reappoint Johnston, 34; no decisive victories after Gettysburg, 44; Franklin, 154; retreat to Appomattox destroyed his army, 206-207; West Point, 253; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 304, 307-308, 310
Lee, Gen. Stephen D., 25-26, 45, 58, 61, 65, 71, 75, 106, 110, 126, 166, 180, 185, 187, 246; Peachtree Creek, 57; Ezra Church, 58-59, 238-239; Spring Hill Affair, 113, 115, 123, 125, 128, 135; Hood’s “natural modesty” comment, 123; text of letter to Hood, 124-125; Franklin, 133, 151, 176, 187; Rippavilla meeting, 136; command meeting at Franklin, 166; death of Cleburne, 169, 174; Cheatham did not want to launch a night attack, 174; complained about Bate’s division, 187-188; official report, 217; casualty reports, 218; Jonesboro, 219-220, 230, 238; lost aggressiveness in the army, 221; Hood’s memoirs, 298
Lee’s Lieutenants, 224
Lewis, Gen. Joseph H., 194
Lexington Gazette, xxvii
Life of Johnny Reb, The: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, 281
Lincoln, Abraham, 5, 9, 32-33, 65, 68, 74, 79-81, 268
Logan, Gen. John A., 61, 66, 79, 183
Longacre, Edward, 202
Longstreet, Gen. James, xv-xvi, xxix, 8-9, 15, 236-237, 252, 257, 259
Look Away, 22
Lord Acton, 1
Loring, Gen. William W., 26, 144, 223-224
Losson, Christopher, 281
Lost Cause, xiii-xvi, xviii, xx, xxiv-xxv, xxvii-xxviii, xxxii, xxxiv, 230, 288
Love, Cpl. George, 7
Lovejoy’s Station, 91
Lowry, Thomas, xl
Lundberg, John, 116, 141-142, 144, 212-213, 220, 279, 286
MacArthur, Col. Arthur, 86, 161
Mackall, W. W., 25, 29, 48-49
Macon and Western Railroad, 56-57, 61, 90
Magoffin, Beriah, 5
Magruder, Gen. John, 36
Mahone, Gen. William, 224
Manarin, Louis, 11, 17
Manassas, First battle of, 35
Manassas, Second battle of, xxiii, 8, 14, 214, 229, 236, 255, 257
Maney, Gen. George, 26, 112
Marietta, Georgia, 29
Martin, Maj. E. L., 123-124, 125-125n
Martin, Maj. Howdy, xxiv
Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, 280
Maury, Gen. Dabney, xxxiv
McClellan, Gen. George B., 6, 8, 32, 80, 214, 245
McCook, Gen. Edward, 61
McCullough, David, 288
McDonough, James, xxii, xxv, xxxi, 72, 87, 128, 142, 166, 205, 269, 279
McKay, John, 140
McKinney, Francis F., xxvi
McLaws, Gen. Lafayette, 8, 252
McMicken, Col. M. B., 90-91
McMurry, Richard, xxii-xxxiv, 27-28, 30-31, 48, 51, 57-58, 60, 68, 72, 204-205, 268-269, 271, 277, 279
McMurray, W. J., 282-284, 286
McNeilly, James H., 88, 139, 184, 223
McPherson, Gen. James B., 54, 56-57, 173, 295
McPherson, James M., 17, 72
McWhiney, Grady, 229
Medal of Honor:
Arthur MacArthur, 86
Matthias Day, 252
Powhata
n Clarke, 252
Medical Histories of Confederate Generals, 272
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, 92, 95, 98
Merrifield, Pvt. J. K., 161
Military Division of the Mississippi, 85
Military Division of the West, 91, 107
Miller, Dr. Brian C., xxix, xxxiv, 243, 250, 253
Miller, Francis, 64
Mobile Advertiser and Register, 54
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 93-95, 98
Morehead, Pvt. Henry A., 14, 265
Morgan, Gen. G. W., 245-246
Mosman, Lt. Chesley, 120
The Moving Appeal, 120, 280
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 184-186, 188, 222, 240-241, 246-247
Murphey, Col. Virgil S., 43, 119-120, 159, 180
Murphree, Sgt. Joel, 31
Muzzey, David S., 79
Nalle, William, xxvii
Nashville Banner, 87-88
Nashville, Tennessee, xxxii, 85, 94, 97, 99, 101, 103, 106, 133, 135, 141, 146-147, 153-154, 156-157, 161, 166, 173, 176, 179-181, 183-184, 190, 193, 197, 216, 240, 247
Nashville, Tennessee, battle of, xiii, xx, xxvi, xliii, 10, 64, 70-71, 74-75, 78-79, 85, 98, 178, 181-182, 185-187, 189, 192-193, 195-198, 201, 203, 205-206, 219, 222, 227, 233-234, 240, 243, 247, 259, 265, 281, 297
Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of an Enigma, 15, 279
National Tribune, 67
Neal, Lt. Andrew, 29
Neely, Capt. H. M., 216
Nelson, Larry E., 32
New Hope Church, 237
New Orleans Daily Picayune, xiv, xx
New Orleans Times, xix
New York Tribune, xxvi
Newton, Stephen, 62, 244
Nisbet, Col. James C., 16, 288
O’Connor, Richard, xxxiv, xliii, 270, 277
Old Bald Head: General R. S. Ewell, 268
Old, Maj. William W., 123-124, 126
“Old Woodenhead,” 17
Oliver, Capt. Paul A., 51-51n
Opdycke, Col. Emerson, xliii, 152, 161
Orphan Brigade, 29, 164
Orr, A. L., 96
Our Living and Our Dead, xv
Owen, Dr. Urban, 75, 78, 233, 277-278
Owen, Tine, xxiii
Patrick, Pvt. Robert, 28
Patterson, Gerard, 13-14
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