num_pages: 384
description: John Bell Hood one of the Confederacys most enigmatic figures died unexpectedly from yellow fever in August of 1879 at the age of 48. He had been working hard on his memoirs the first draft of which he finished just before his death. When Advance and Retreat: Personal Experience in the United States and Confederate States Armies was published the following year they immediately became as controversial as its author.
language: English
title: John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General
publisher: Savas Beatie