Texas Historical Marker

County Named for Famous Confederate General John Bell Hood

Granbury · Hood County · placed 1963

Civil War

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Hood County, Texas

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Born Kentucky. West Point graduate. Army service on Texas frontier led Hood to adopt the Lone Star State.

Resigned U.S. Army 1861 to serve South. Commanded 4th Texas Infantry.

Led "Hood's Texas," most renowned Confederate Brigade. Rose rapidly to Lieutenant General. Known as "The Fighting General" for leadership in the Army of Northern Virginia.

Although lost leg Battle Chickamauga, became commander Army of Tennessee. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy Erected by the State of Texas 1963.

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