MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Bell Hood

1831 - 1879

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John Bell Hood (June 1 or June 29, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood's impetuosity led to high losses among his troops as he moved up in rank. Bruce Catton wrote that "the decision to replace Johnston with Hood was probably the single largest mistake that either government made during the war." Hood's education at the United States Military Academy led to a career as a junior officer in the infantry and cavalry of the antebellum U.S. Army in California and Texas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bell Hood has received more than 1,824,942 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. John Bell Hood is the 1,849th most popular military personnel (down from 1,483rd in 2019), the 7,684th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,221st in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Bell Hood ranks 1,849 out of 2,058. Before her are Thomas Picton, Musa Gareyev, John André, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Volodymyr Pravyk, and Kyrylo Budanov. After her are Albert Ball, Anton Grasser, Sergey Gritsevets, Issam Zahreddine, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Alexandros Othonaios.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, John Bell Hood ranks 94. Before her are Amelia Edwards, Fyodor Bredikhin, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Álvares de Azevedo, and Lucy Webb Hayes. After her are George Nares, Eduard von Martens, Peter Tait, Mariano Baptista, Adolfo Ballivián, and John Schofield. Among people deceased in 1879, John Bell Hood ranks 58. Before her are Jakob Stämpfli, Peter Arnold Heise, László Paál, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Edward Blore, and Jean Baptiste Boisduval. After her are Henry Charles Carey, Emma Smith, William Fothergill Cooke, Juan Antonio Pezet, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and George Caleb Bingham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Bell Hood ranks 7,684 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Tim Bogert (1944), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Billy Gilbert (1894), Mark Damon (1933), and Harry Spanjer (1873). After her are Vivica A. Fox (1964), Vince Carter (1977), Russell Simpson (1880), Shere Hite (1942), Jon Avnet (1949), and Angus Scrimm (1926).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John Bell Hood ranks 128. Before her are Jacob L. Devers (1887), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Nathan Hale (1755), George Crook (1828), Israel Putnam (1718), and Frederick C. Weyand (1916). After her are Hugh S. Johnson (1882), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), William Alexander Morgan (1928), A. P. Hill (1825), Michael Mullen (1946), and Theodore Van Kirk (1921).

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