Publisher's Synopsis
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. .
