Hood's Corps at Battle of Ruff's Mill

When Johnston’s forces [CS] withdrew from Kennesaw Mtn., July 3, 1864, they occupied a double line of field works extending from Smyrna S. W. to Nickajack Creek at Dodgen's Mill, more or less along this, the old Concord Road.

Hood’s Corps ...

Hood's Attack

Fitz John Porter's troop had repulsed Confederate attacks throughout the afternoon. With daylight waning, Lee turned to John Bell Hood to spearhead the final assault. Personally leading the 4th Texas and the 18th Georgia, General Hood instructed his men not ...

Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command

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Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command,

Brig. Gen. John B. Hood, Commanding.

September 15-16, 1862.

Hood's Division withdrew from its position on South Mountain and marched to Sharpsburg during the night of September 14, acting as rear guard to the Army of Northern Virginia.

It reached ...

General Hood's Narrow Escape

December 26, 1864

Following his tragic defeat at Franklin and Nashville, General John B. Hood managed to escape over the Tennessee River at Bainbridge Ferry, a few miles south of here on December 26, 1864. Two corps under General Benjamin Cheatham ...

Hood's Retreat

Dec. 16, 1864

In this neighborhood, late in the evening of his decisive defeat at Nashville, Hood reorganized his army for withdrawal southward. Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Corps, supported by Chalmers' Cavalry Division, covered the withdrawal, fighting continuously until the ...

Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command

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Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command.

Brig. Gen. John B. Hood, Commanding.

(September 16, 1862.)

On the afternoon of September 16, Hood's Division was in the fields east of the Dunkard Church. On the approach of the First (Hooker's) Corps, Army of the Potomac, the ...

Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command

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Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command.

Brig. Gen. John B. Hood, Commanding.

(September 16, 1862.)

On the afternoon of September 16, Hood's Division was in the fields east of the Dunkard Church. On the approach of the First (Hooker's) Corps, Army of the Potomac, the ...

Hood's

Four miles north on James River. There, on January 3, 1781, Benedict Arnold, ascending the river, was fired on by cannon. On January 10, Arnold, returning, sent ashore there a force that was ambushed by George Rogers Clark. Fort Powhatan ...

Hardee's, Hood's & French's H’dq’rs.

Site of Dr. Augustus Smith house, 1864.

May 23: Gen. Wm. J. Hardee’s [CS] headquarters during the march of his Corps from Stegall’s Station (Emerson) to points south.

May 24: Gen. John B. Hood [CS] spent night here enroute with ...

Hood's Texas Brigade

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Hood's Texas Brigade

Brig - General

J.B. Robertson

Commanding

1st, 4th, 5th Texas, 3d Arkansas

Infantry Regiments

July 2d. and 3d. 1863.

Marker is at the intersection of South Confederate Avenue and Emmitsburg Road (Business U.S. 15), on the ...