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Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies
Advance and Retreat Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies Author:John Bell Hood John Bell Hood's personal account of his military career. Serving as an officer in the United States Army, he resigned his commission to serve in the new Confederate Army. During the early years of the Civil War, his abilities gained him promotion to general. His left arm was shattered and his right leg was lost due to his audacity in ... more »combat. However, his leadership at the army level then saw him leading his troops into slaughter and uselss butchery. In the book The Civil War Book of Lists, he is listed as one of the top ten as well as one of the worst ten Confederate generals in the Civil War.« less