Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: John Bell Hood
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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The military autobiography of the Confederacy's most controversial general, from his 1853 graduation from West Point and subsequent duty in California and Texas (mainly on exploratory missions). Born a southern aristocrat, Hood unswervingly supported the Confederacy but was widely viewed as reckless with his commands. Hood lost an arm at Gettysburg, a leg at Chickamauga and Atlanta to Sherman.

Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: John Bell Hood
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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The military autobiography of the Confederacy's most controversial general, from his 1853 graduation from West Point and subsequent duty in California and Texas (mainly on exploratory missions). Born a southern aristocrat, Hood unswervingly supported the Confederacy but was widely viewed as reckless with his commands. Hood lost an arm at Gettysburg, a leg at Chickamauga and Atlanta to Sherman.

Advance And Retreat: Personal Experiences In The United States And Confederate States Armies [Illustrated Edition]

Advance And Retreat: Personal Experiences In The United States And Confederate States Armies [Illustrated Edition] PDF Author: Lt.-General John Bell Hood
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786251418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. “When John Bell Hood entered into the services of the Confederate Army, he was 29 years old, a handsome man and courageous soldier, loyal to the ideal of Confederate Independence and eager to fight for it. He led his men bravely into the battles of Second Manassas, Gaines’s Mill, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga. He rose fast, attaining the temporary rank of full general, only to fall faster. Hood emerged from the war with his left arm shattered and useless, his right leg missing, his face aged far beyond his 33 years, and with his military reputation in disgrace. Blamed by contemporaries for contributing to the defeat of his beloved Confederacy, Hood struggled to refute their accusations. His most vehement critic, General Johnston, charged Hood with insubordination while serving under him and, after succeeding him in command, of recklessly leading Confederate troops to their “slaughter” and “useless butchery.” Sherman, too, in his Memoirs, took a harsh view of Hood. Born of controversy, Advance and Retreat is of course a highly controversial book. It is also full of invaluable information and insights into the retreat from Dalton in early 1864, the fighting around Atlanta, and the disastrous Tennessee Campaign in winter of that year. Far from being a careful, sober, objective account, this book is the passionate, bitter attempt of a soldier to rebut history’s judgment of himself as general and man.”-Print ed.

ADVANCE AND RETREAT

ADVANCE AND RETREAT PDF Author: JOHN BELL. HOOD
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ISBN: 9781033097595
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Languages : en
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Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: John Bell Hood
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: John Bell Hood
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: J. B. Hood
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781494150174
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Languages : en
Pages : 372

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1880 Edition.

Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: John Bell Hood
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Pages : 376

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Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: John Bell Hood
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333476465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Excerpt from Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies Infantry. I sailed from New York in November of that year to join my regiment in California, Via Panama. On my arrival at San Francisco - at that time a small city built upon sandhills and ats, and distinguished for its foggy atmosphere I, together with one of my classmates, deemed it but proper that Officers of the United States Army should go to the hotel in a carriage; but to our astonishment, on hailing a driver, we found the charge to be twenty dollars in gold. This aspect of affairs - our pay being only about Sixty dollars a month compelled us to hold consultation with our brother officers and to adopt the only alternative: to proceed on foot to what ever quarters we desired to occupy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies

Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies PDF Author: John Bell Hood
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Advance and Retreat

Advance and Retreat PDF Author: John Bell Hood
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293258897
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Languages : en
Pages : 384

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.