Severely wounded at Gettysburg trying to take the Little Round Top and again at Chickamauga, where he lost a leg, he was nevertheless Joseph E. Johnston's replacement in the defense of Atlanta, which he lost in 1863.
Joining the Confederate Army as a Lieutenant in 1861, this man was almost immediately promoted to Brigadier General and commanded the Texas Brigade with distinction at Gaines' Mill, Second Manassas, and Sharpsburg. Severely wounded at Gettysburg trying to take the Little Round Top and again at Chickamauga, where he lost a leg, he was nevertheless Joseph E. Johnston's replacement in the defense of Atlanta, which he lost in 1863. FTP name this Confederate whose attempt to strike at Sherman's rear resulted in disasters at Franklin and Nashville.
Joining the Confederate Army as a Lieutenant in 1861, this man was almost immediately promoted to Brigadier General and commanded the Texas Brigade with distinction at Gaines' Mill, Second Manassas, and Sharpsburg.
John Bell Hood