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Into Tennessee and Failure - John Bell Hood (Hardcover)
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Into Tennessee and Failure - John Bell Hood (Hardcover)
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Into Tennessee and Failure is the second volume of Stephen Davis's
study of John Bell Hood's generalship in 1864. Volume One, Into
Tennessee and Failure traces Hood's rise from lieutenant of cavalry
in Virginia to commanding general of the Army of Tennessee. In his
first test as Confederate general, July-September 1864, Hood failed
to prevent Sherman's capture of Atlanta. Here Davis picks up the
story in September-October 1864, tracing Hood and his army into
North Georgia and Alabama. Entering Tennessee in late November,
Hood's forces failed to trap Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield's
infantry at Spring Hill. On November 30, Hood ordered his soldiers
to attack Schofield's fortified lines at Franklin. A tragic and
bloody repulse followed. Schofield escaped to Nashville, joining
Maj. Gen. George Thomas's forces. With few options left, Hood
approached Nashville and had his troops dig in. Though his army was
half the size of Thomas's 50,000, Hood hoped to win a defensive
victory when Thomas attacked him. Instead, in the battle of
Nashville, December 15-16, the Army of Tennessee was routed from
the field. By the time it ended its retreat in North Mississippi,
Confederate authorities were ready to relieve Hood from command.
Seeing it coming, the general offered his resignation in January
1865. Davis's theme in Volume One was the ambition that drove Hood
to seek higher and higher rank. Here, while recognizing Hood's
loyalty to the Confederate cause, he discerns Hood's unflattering
traits: questioning the courage of his men, bickering with other
generals, and concealing from his superiors the extent of his
disaster in Tennessee.
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