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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 1,666,795 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Bell Hood is the 1,485th most popular military personnel (down from 1,368th in 2019), the 6,234th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,930th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Bell Hood ranks 1,485 out of 1,468. Before her are Axel von dem Bussche, Lionel Dunsterville, Ivan Maslennikov, Walter Krueger, Guy Simonds, and Gaston Billotte. After her are Dragan Vasiljković, Gérard Leman, Billy Bishop, Richard Bong, Billy Mitchell, and Frederick Browning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, John Bell Hood ranks 80. Before her are Paul du Bois-Reymond, Edward Routh, Amelia Edwards, Frederick Townsend Ward, Heinrich von Stephan, and Fran Levstik. After her are Peter Tait, George Nares, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Álvares de Azevedo, Lucy Webb Hayes, and Manuel Antônio de Almeida. Among people deceased in 1879, John Bell Hood ranks 51. Before her are Rowland Hill, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, William Lloyd Garrison, Edward Blore, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, and Peter Arnold Heise. After her are Paul Gervais, Marguerite Bays, László Paál, Jakob Stämpfli, Henry Charles Carey, and Epameinondas Deligeorgis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Bell Hood ranks 6,234 out of 18,182. Before her are Ralph Towner (1940), Parker Posey (1968), Mandy Moore (1984), Louise Dresser (1878), John Myung (1967), and Jon Turteltaub (1963). After her are Sylvanus Morley (1883), Ruby Bridges (1954), David Keith (1954), Jack Parsons (1914), Ferde Grofé (1892), and Jill Tarter (1944).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John Bell Hood ranks 106. Before her are Eugene Sledge (1923), Smedley Butler (1881), Robert Anderson (1805), J. D. Tippit (1924), Mark Milley (1958), and Frederick Townsend Ward (1831). After her are Richard Bong (1920), Richmond K. Turner (1885), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Henry Halleck (1815), Nathan Hale (1755), and J. Lawton Collins (1896).

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