Product details

Format:

Paperback

Language of text:

English

Isbn-13:

9780803281912, 978-0803281912

Isbn-10:

0803281919

Author:

Richard M. Mcmurry

Imprint:

MQ ? University of Nebraska Press

Publication date:

1992-08-01

Pages:

240

Product dimensions:

152mm (w) x 229mm (h) x 15mm (d)

Overview

John Bell Hood, a native of Kentucky bred on romantic notions of the Old South and determined to model himself on Robert E. Lee, had a tragic military career, no less interesting for being calamitous. After conspicuous bravery in leading a Texas brigade, he rose in the ranks to become the youngest of the full generals of the Confederacy. The misfortune in store for Hood, a far better fighter than a strategist, illustrates the strain and risks of high command. One of the lasting images to come out of the Civil War is that of the one-legged General Hood strapped in his saddle, leading his men in a hopeless counter-offensive against Sherman's march on Atlanta. In this prize-winning book Richard M. McMurry spares no details of Hood's ultimate "complete and disastrous failure," but he is concerned to do justice to one of the most maligned and misunderstood figures in Civil War history.

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