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          Born in Owingsville, Kentucky in 1831 and a West Point Graduate at the age of 22, John Bell Hood was one of the most rapidly promoted leaders in the Confederate history of the Civil War.  After serving in California and Texas for the United States Military, he resigned his commission in April of 1861 to join the Confederacy as a cavalry captain.  From there, he was soon promoted to colonel of the Texas 4th Infantry.  Thereafter he distinguished himself on a dozen fields, beginning in the Peninsula Campaign and at Second Manassas.

          At the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27, he distinguished himself by leading his brigade in a charge that broke the Union line - arguably the most successful Confederate performance in the Seven Days Battles. While Hood escaped the battle without an injury, every officer in his brigade was killed or wounded.

          He was promoted to major general in 1862 serving with distinction at Sharpsburg and at Fredericksburg.  Hood