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WINNER of the 2014 ALBERT CASTEL BOOK AWARD and the 2014 WALT WHITMAN AWARDJohn Bell Hood was one of the Confederacy’s most successful―and enigmatic―generals. He died at 48 after a brief illness in August of 1879, leaving behind the first draft of his memoirs Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies. Published posthumously the following year, the memoirs immediately became as controversial as their author. A careful and balanced examination of these “controversies,” however, coupled with the recent discovery of Hood’s personal papers (which were long considered lost) finally sets the record straight in John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General.Outlived by most of his critics, Hood’s published version of many of the major events and controversies of his Confederate military career were met with scorn and skepticism. Some described his memoirs as nothing more than a polemic against his arch-rival Joseph E. Johnston. These unflattering opinions persisted throughout the decades and reached their nadir in 1992, when an influential author described Hood’s memoirs as “merely a bitter, misleading, and highly distorted treatise” replete with “distortions, misrepresentations, and outright falsifications.” Without any personal papers to contradict them, many historians and writers portrayed Hood as an inept and dishonest opium addict and a conniving, vindictive cripple of a man. One writer went so far as to brand him “a fool with a license to kill his own men.” What most readers don’t know is that nearly all of these authors misused sources, ignored contrary evidence, and/or suppressed facts sympathetic to Hood.Stephen M. “Sam” Hood, a distant relative of the general, embarked on a meticulous forensic study of the common perceptions and controversies of his famous kinsman. His careful examination of the original sources utilized to create the broadly accepted “facts” about John Bell Hood uncovered startlingly poor scholarship by some of the most well-known and influential historians of the 20th and 21st centuries. These discoveries, coupled with his access to a large cache of recently discovered Hood papers―many penned by generals and other officers who served with Hood―confirm Hood’s account that originally appeared in his memoir and resolve, for the first time, some of the most controversial aspects of Hood’s long career.“Blindly accepting historical ‘truths’ without vigorous challenge,” cautions one historian, “is a perilous path to understanding real history.” The shocking revelations in John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General will forever change our perceptions of Hood as both a man and a general, and those who set out to shape his legacy. The American Testimony: Sectionalism Civil War and I Home I DVD Store I Historical Documents I Video Guides I Customer Service I About Us Need to print this document? Go to "Print Preview" in Jefferson Davis - Wikipedia Jefferson Davis; President of the Confederate States; In office February 22 1862 May 10 1865 Provisional: February 18 1861 February 22 1862 Archives - Phillycom Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Daily News and Phillycom Confederacy HistoryNet The Confederacy when used within or in reference to North America generally means the Confederate States of America It is also called the Southern Confederacy and CONFEDERATE AMERICAN PRIDE: Homepage ABOUT THIS WEBSITE Confederate American Pride website has been created for that unique class of people native to the Southeastern states who define themselves as Browse By Author: H - Project Gutenberg Haagens Mabel Hatt See: Hatt Mabel K 1885?-1971 Haan D Bierens de (David Bierens) 1822-1895 Bierens de Haan David; De Haan D Bierens (David Bierens) TicketsInventory Tickets : Buy Tickets for Concerts Tickets for Concerts Sports Theatre and More Online at TicketsInventorycom John Bell Hood - Wikipedia John Bell Hood was born in Owingsville Kentucky the son of John Wills Hood (1798-1852) a doctor and Theodosia French Hood (1801-1886) He was a cousin of future The Latest On AXS The AXS Cookie Policy This website like most others uses cookies in order to give you a great online experience By continuing to use our website you accept to our US News Latest National News Videos & Photos - ABC Get the latest breaking news across the US on ABCNewscom
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