Thank you so much for reading this account by General Hood. I write as a friend from England with a lifelong fascination for the American Civil War. Mainly because of the unbelievably horrendous sacrifices made by the common soldier on both sides...and World War 1 and 2 were still to come.
Totally agreed. I'm from Alabama and far from Great Britain though. Its amazing to hear these stories from Hood himself. I think they were recorded about 10 years after the wars end but they are still incredible. Its from the man himself so very good stuff! Its still hard for me to imagine fighting like these men did. I can only imagine how difficult it would have been for someone like me from the south fighting people just like me from the north. Truly brother against brother in so many ways.
Thank you so much for watching. That is one of my reasons for doing this channel; to never let the war fade from people's memories. It has so many implications for Americans today.
Southern on my Father's side, I can claim both South & North sides who fought in this War..it's a pleasure to hear you speak so articulately of the often buried aspects of this War. Great narrative!// I do so appreciate your research & detailed descriptions of what actually occurred. Maryanne
Hood was an extraordinary man. My personal opinion is that he should have taken Jackson rank and place after Jackson died. He was a man of great courage as so many were in that awful time in history. Thanks for sharing these wonderful accounts.
Everyone I ever talk to have no idea what a man is or says. Thank you for sharing this letter from long ago. I don't feel alone, just disappointed at what is now
Despite my views of Hood as a corps and army commander he was an excellent division and brigade commander and performed well. It is said that his condition along with the pain medication that he was on hampered his command
Thank you so much. The next video will be very interesting because it will be Hood explaining why he ordered the attacks at the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
Have History Will Travel and i cannot wait. they are all interesting. like a kid at xmas. i’m very interested in his version because i’ve heard so much so called expert bullshit i like getting it from those who were there. thanks again. have a good one can’t wait for more
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His memoir Advance and Retreat is the go to for Hood's account. Although I also like a biography called John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence. It's by my favorite Civil War Historian Richard McMurry. There is also a book of his lost papers which is good.
Excellent work and food for thought. Lee, Hood, Longstreet and the rest would have won the war if they had only had a fraction of the resources of the industrial North. I am not saying that would have been either a good or a bad thing, just a statement of fact. Thanks again from the UK.
@ Colin Harrison : Are you crazy? The South could never ever win the war. The minute they succeeded and the emancipation proclamation was enacted they were virtually surrounded from every angle. What resources would they with no labor? The South lost because break away territories always fight a bloody costly war in which success I s usually rate. I hate to read the South would have won if the war was fair. War is never fair. Lee sucked as a general. Rewrite really is bull shit. My taxes go up paying for your stupid southern ideas about the war would have been won if. Listen fool. The north was sick and tired of the South posturing for years. They were so ready to shut the South down. They would have fought onward and burned the South to the ground. They had had enough. Southern people are not Americans. They are a separate stupid race.
@@mns8732 the south was NOT fighting to conquer the north ....they were fighting with the hope that the north would grow tired of the war (the same way britain tired of the revolutionary war) and nego a peace ....to do this they had to get lincoln out of the WH and get a candidate elected who would not be determined to fight on no matter what ....this political strategy almost worked (llincoln actually thought he was going to lose) except for sherman's victories in georgia convinced the north that the end was in sight (and it was) ....the south KNEW they could NOT conquer the north and never had any plans or intention to do so .....read a little history and you will learn that the strongest side does NOT always emerge victorious. MORE BELOW your hateful and even racist remarks not only prove how intolerant you are but they beg the question "why do people like you even want to be in a nation with people from the south??" by your own logic, if you were alive then, you should have been all for secession and, in fact, you ought to be begging for it now
I enjoyed hearing this,, My 4th great grand father was in McNair Division, 39th NC and I believe it was his division with some others that poured through the hole Federals made or left open during the battle. It was a total shame the Army of Tennessee got the defeats it did.. Most of it was do to bad lucky or some freak thing that happened to them.. Example Battle of Shiloh, with Johnson getting killed. Again, to me, a lot of unlucky events prevented them from winning battles they should have won.. By the way, I enjoy your reading of those events in history..
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A question for the Civil War aficionados out there: We know where Stonewall Jackson's amputated arm was buried, but who knows where Hood's right leg is buried?
Hood was very courageous, but this had a downside. He really needed to keep himself a little safer on these battlefields, especially when commanding five divisions.
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Yeah he threatened Bragg, he threatened Good too, "If you were more than half a Man, I'd beat you senseless, then leave your Corpse in the woods.." Right after he'd blamed everyone but himself for Schofield's Army Corp. passing the Army Of Tennessee on the Night before the Battle of Franklin...in which he 4 Confederate Generals were killed.. including the One many people thought should have been running the entire Army of Tennessee..Major General Patrick Cleburne...
Forrest threatened Bragg, I have not heard of Hood threatening him too. 6 Confederate generals were killed at Franklin: Adams, Granbury, Carter, Strahl, Cleburne, Gist.
Hood is a mystery to me, if one would tell me there were two General Hood that served in the CSA army I would readily belive it, it is certaintly not the same to command a brigade or division and to command a whole army, specially after the horrid wounds he suffered, but the divide between the before and the after of general Hood is like comparing day and night, heaven and hell, etc. one thing is for sure Davis blundered a lot when selecting some of his commanders, at least with Hood a previous history of competence gives him excuse but his constant trust in Bragg and Polk is just fault without excuse.
He was a victim of the Peter Principle plain and simple. Likewise AP Hill and Ewell were fantastic division commanders but were mediocre at corps command. There is speculation that Hood was addicted to morphine while treating his grievous injuries and that probably impacted his decisions.
@@shaneboardwell1060 A combination of everything I guess, Hood himself was not the same he once had been, now elevated to a more important and more difficult position than ever before, in a desperate time for the South and faced against Thomas of all people, a perfect storm was about to befall onto the Army of Tennessee in that Franklin-Nashville debacle
No soldiers fought harder or suffered more than the Army of Tennessee...if properly led there is no telling what they could have accomplished. Neither Bragg or Hood offered the necessary qualities of leadership. If Albert Sydney Johnston could have commanded them the results may have been different. Hood was a brave fighter but lacked the qualities for theater command.
3:21 ". . . not one spoke in a sanglant tone . . ." "sanglant" is not defined in the major dictionaries. According to Wordnik, an internet dictionary, it is a heraldry term meaning "dripping blood." Is General Hood using the term in this sense in his memoir? If not, how is he attempting to characterize the other officer's manner of speaking?
I can’t imagine how unfortunate it would be to be drafted into the army of an illegitimate government to fight for the Slaveocracy and to be in battle after battle after battle without an expected end.
Thank you so much for reading this account by General Hood.
I write as a friend from England with a lifelong fascination for the American Civil War. Mainly because of the unbelievably horrendous sacrifices made by the common soldier on both sides...and World War 1 and 2 were still to come.
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Me too nice reply
Totally agreed. I'm from Alabama and far from Great Britain though. Its amazing to hear these stories from Hood himself. I think they were recorded about 10 years after the wars end but they are still incredible. Its from the man himself so very good stuff! Its still hard for me to imagine fighting like these men did. I can only imagine how difficult it would have been for someone like me from the south fighting people just like me from the north. Truly brother against brother in so many ways.
His sad hound dog eyes reflect the dimming prospects of victory, for the cause for which he had sacrificed so much!
One of the more interesting characters of the Civil War.
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Thanks so much for posting. Such times should never be forgotten.
Thank you so much for watching. That is one of my reasons for doing this channel; to never let the war fade from people's memories. It has so many implications for Americans today.
Southern on my Father's side, I can claim both South & North sides who fought in this War..it's a pleasure to hear you speak so articulately of the often buried aspects of this War. Great narrative!// I do so appreciate your research & detailed descriptions of what actually occurred.
Maryanne
I enjoyed this and would like to hear the rest if possible....thanks for sharing
Hood was an extraordinary man. My personal opinion is that he should have taken Jackson rank and place after Jackson died. He was a man of great courage as so many were in that awful time in history. Thanks for sharing these wonderful accounts.
I'm so sorry, but that is off the mark, Hood was brash but not much of a strategist, Lee himself begged Davis not to put him in command of his own.
As a Hood from Chickamauga, I say fine work good sir.
man i wish i had a fucking time machine just to go back and observe these great commanders on both sides
Everyone I ever talk to have no idea what a man is or says. Thank you for sharing this letter from long ago. I don't feel alone, just disappointed at what is now
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Despite my views of Hood as a corps and army commander he was an excellent division and brigade commander and performed well. It is said that his condition along with the pain medication that he was on hampered his command
I will be covering this battle in the next two or three chapters of my historical fiction novel. Thank you for the great info.
No problem.
Like your stuff! Obvious that you go right to primary sources which gives you the credibility I look for when watching and reading.
God bless you for this channel. I just don't find myself with the time to study and research like I used to. Thank you.
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John Bell Hood, this man was everywhere the war was!
Hopefully Hood can fully explain his actions at Franklin
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He did.
Excellent information, sir;thank you!
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very well done. man oh man the reading gets u inside his head. almost as if your there. more more more. lol. thank you.
Thank you so much. The next video will be very interesting because it will be Hood explaining why he ordered the attacks at the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
Have History Will Travel and i cannot wait. they are all interesting. like a kid at xmas. i’m very interested in his version because i’ve heard so much so called expert bullshit i like getting it from those who were there. thanks again. have a good one can’t wait for more
I’m looking forward to that one @have history will travel that will be interesting
Love the videos, and your style of presenting the information, keep up the good work man!
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This is so cool I work in downtown Ringgold right next to the train station all these men came to to fight at chickgamuga
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Have History Will Travel I will for sure this is so awesome
@@marquismonroe8656 this week's episode drops tomorrow morning and it is about Patrick Cleburne at Shiloh.
Have History Will Travel I’ll be waiting I’m going to Charlston and taking the fairy to Fort Sumter and staying in savannah on Halloween and staying in a haunted room by a union soldier can’t wait
@@marquismonroe8656 that sounds amazing. Would love to do that?
I enjoyed this information very much and would like to here more. Thank you.
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Bravo! Man these videos are near perfect. Good for you and thank you very much, this is very informative.
Maybe show more pictures, maybe some short reenactments. Other than that this is great.
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Excellent reading, again. Can you suggest a book of Gen. Hood's memoirs. Thank you for doing these.
His memoir Advance and Retreat is the go to for Hood's account. Although I also like a biography called John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence. It's by my favorite Civil War Historian Richard McMurry. There is also a book of his lost papers which is good.
@@HistoryGoneWilder Thank you, ordering it now!
@@HistoryGoneWilder you should read his memoirs aloud. You got the voice for it. I would definitely listen!
Excellent work and food for thought. Lee, Hood, Longstreet and the rest would have won the war if they had only had a fraction of the resources of the industrial North. I am not saying that would have been either a good or a bad thing, just a statement of fact. Thanks again from the UK.
@ Colin Harrison : Are you crazy? The South could never ever win the war. The minute they succeeded and the emancipation proclamation was enacted they were virtually surrounded from every angle. What resources would they with no labor?
The South lost because break away territories always fight a bloody costly war in which success I s usually rate.
I hate to read the South would have won if the war was fair. War is never fair. Lee sucked as a general. Rewrite really is bull shit. My taxes go up paying for your stupid southern ideas about the war would have been won if.
Listen fool. The north was sick and tired of the South posturing for years. They were so ready to shut the South down. They would have fought onward and burned the South to the ground. They had had enough.
Southern people are not Americans. They are a separate stupid race.
@@mns8732
the south was NOT fighting to conquer the north ....they were fighting with the hope that the north would grow tired of the war (the same way britain tired of the revolutionary war) and nego a peace ....to do this they had to get lincoln out of the WH and get a candidate elected who would not be determined to fight on no matter what ....this political strategy almost worked (llincoln actually thought he was going to lose) except for sherman's victories in georgia convinced the north that the end was in sight (and it was) ....the south KNEW they could NOT conquer the north and never had any plans or intention to do so .....read a little history and you will learn that the strongest side does NOT always emerge victorious. MORE BELOW
your hateful and even racist remarks not only prove how intolerant you are but they beg the question "why do people like you even want to be in a nation with people from the south??" by your own logic, if you were alive then, you should have been all for secession and, in fact, you ought to be begging for it now
I enjoyed hearing this,, My 4th great grand father was in McNair Division, 39th NC and I believe it was his division with some others that poured through the hole Federals made or left open during the battle. It was a total shame the Army of Tennessee got the defeats it did.. Most of it was do to bad lucky or some freak thing that happened to them.. Example Battle of Shiloh, with Johnson getting killed. Again, to me, a lot of unlucky events prevented them from winning battles they should have won.. By the way, I enjoy your reading of those events in history..
Just found the channel and I love the name reference!
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N B Forrest he is The Man to be in Hood place...
How well. magnanimously and intelligently, wrongly - maligned General Hood writes.
Incredible
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Outstanding presentation
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A question for the Civil War aficionados out there: We know where Stonewall Jackson's amputated arm was buried, but who knows where Hood's right leg is buried?
Hood was very courageous, but this had a downside. He really needed to keep himself a little safer on these battlefields, especially when commanding five divisions.
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Awesome ! Thank you
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Im a hood fan!
beautiful
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The Yankees considered Hood a most wonderful Commander of the Army of Tennessee.
President Davis should have replaced Gen. Bragg long before this battle.
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Yeah he threatened Bragg, he threatened Good too, "If you were more than half a Man, I'd beat you senseless, then leave your Corpse in the woods.." Right after he'd blamed everyone but himself for Schofield's Army Corp. passing the Army Of Tennessee on the Night before the Battle of Franklin...in which he 4 Confederate Generals were killed.. including the One many people thought should have been running the entire Army of Tennessee..Major General Patrick Cleburne...
Forrest threatened Bragg, I have not heard of Hood threatening him too. 6 Confederate generals were killed at Franklin: Adams, Granbury, Carter, Strahl, Cleburne, Gist.
great video
Hood is a mystery to me, if one would tell me there were two General Hood that served in the CSA army I would readily belive it, it is certaintly not the same to command a brigade or division and to command a whole army, specially after the horrid wounds he suffered, but the divide between the before and the after of general Hood is like comparing day and night, heaven and hell, etc. one thing is for sure Davis blundered a lot when selecting some of his commanders, at least with Hood a previous history of competence gives him excuse but his constant trust in Bragg and Polk is just fault without excuse.
He was a victim of the Peter Principle plain and simple. Likewise AP Hill and Ewell were fantastic division commanders but were mediocre at corps command. There is speculation that Hood was addicted to morphine while treating his grievous injuries and that probably impacted his decisions.
@@shaneboardwell1060 A combination of everything I guess, Hood himself was not the same he once had been, now elevated to a more important and more difficult position than ever before, in a desperate time for the South and faced against Thomas of all people, a perfect storm was about to befall onto the Army of Tennessee in that Franklin-Nashville debacle
No soldiers fought harder or suffered more than the Army of Tennessee...if properly led there is no telling what they could have accomplished. Neither Bragg or Hood offered the necessary qualities of leadership. If Albert Sydney Johnston could have commanded them the results may have been different. Hood was a brave fighter but lacked the qualities for theater command.
Love to hear an account from a Kentuckian
6:26 into video: one commander is called "L. E. Polk"; Leonidas Polk? If so, that is a mistake; Leonidas had no middle name.
Its Lucius E. Polk a nephew of Leonidas.
3:21 ". . . not one spoke in a sanglant tone . . ." "sanglant" is not defined in the major dictionaries. According to Wordnik, an internet dictionary, it is a heraldry term meaning "dripping blood." Is General Hood using the term in this sense in his memoir? If not, how is he attempting to characterize the other officer's manner of speaking?
The word, and I'm sorry if the pronunciation didn't come through is, sanguine.
@@HistoryGoneWilder Thank you for the clarification.
Love these but the neeed more emotion
What is the source?
His memoirs
Bragg was a unmitigated disaster. AofT was a great army with a terrible leader.
Hood....got. his ass kicked in Tennessee
Boarder jumper olay no green shit
I can’t imagine how unfortunate it would be to be drafted into the army of an illegitimate government to fight for the Slaveocracy and to be in battle after battle after battle without an expected end.
Bragg was a fool.
He was to arrogant didn’t listen to his staff officers
It’s hard to hear you over the unnecessary irritating music