Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences of the United States and Confederate States Armies
Confederate lieutenant general John B. Hood penned his first-hand account of the Civil from his time as a cadet to West Point to the defeat of the Confederacy. Hood, renowned for his leadership of the Texas Brigade, writes a who’s who and a where’s where, recounting Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga, to name a few. It has been written that his command of more than 5,000 men ended with just around 600.
368 pages
