Stephen M. “Sam” Hood graduated from Kentucky Military Institute, Marshall University (BBA, 1976), and is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. A collateral descendant of General Hood, Sam is a retired industrial construction company owner, past member of the Board of Directors of the Blue and Gray Education Society, and a past president of the Board of Directors of Confederate Memorial Hall Museum in New Orleans. He lives in Huntington, West Virginia, with his wife Martha, and is the proud father of two sons: Derek Hood of Lexington, Kentucky, and Taylor Hood of Huntington, West Virginia. His first book John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General won the 2014 Albert Castel Book Award and the 2014 Walt Whitman Award.
"By locating, editing, and publishing The Lost Papers of
Confederate General John Bell Hood, Sam Hood has made an immense
contribution to the history of the Civil War. General Hood may be
perhaps the most misunderstood of the eight full generals of the
Confederacy, and these vastly important documents fill in many of
the blanks in the historical record. No Civil War collection will
be complete without this book."--Winston Groom, author of Forrest
Gump and Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last
Great Campaign of the Civil War
"New Civil War era papers are found each day, but none will have
the impact of General Hood's private papers. We now know what was
important to Hood, what he was working on, his relationships with
political and military notables, and who he was as a citizen,
husband, and father. Detailed medical reports for his Gettysburg
and Chickamauga wounds reveal much about his physical condition --
the subject of endless speculation -- and letters from prominent
Confederate officers shed fresh light on the dramatic events in
Tennessee in late 1864. Given the major revelations in these
papers, Hood's memoir, Advance and Retreat, deserve a new look.
What a great Sesquicentennial gift to the history of the American
Civil War!"--Len Riedel, Executive Director, Blue and Gray
Education Society
Few personalities in the Civil War are more intriguing and
captivating than John Bell Hood, yet he remains clouded by
characterizations made of him by historians who were convinced
there was no documentary proof to question what they wrote. That
has changed! These newly found documents by and about John Bell
Hood provide an entirely new picture of the gallant general and his
relationships with other Confederate commanders and his wife Anna.
Here also are the remarkable reports of Hood's very capable
surgeon, John T. Darby, describing in intricate detail his
Gettysburg and Chickamauga wounds, the operations, the
recuperations, and the effects of all of that upon Hood, all
written by the one person most qualified to so testify. Finally, we
see the real John Bell Hood, and he is a wonder to behold!"--Kent
Masterson Brown, author of Retreat From Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics
and the Pennsylvania Campaign
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