"Into Tennessee and Failure: John Bell Hood" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Nov 2020 10:55 p.m. PST |
"INTO TENNESSEE AND FAILURE is the second volume of Stephen Davis's study of John Bell Hood's generalship in 1864. Here Davis picks up the story in September-October 1864, tracing Hood and his army into North Georgia and Alabama. Entering Tennessee in late November, Hood's forces failed to trap Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield's infantry at Spring Hill. On November 30, Hood ordered his soldiers to attack Schofield's fortified lines at Franklin. A tragic and bloody repulse followed. Schofield escaped to Nashville, joining Maj. Gen. George Thomas's forces. With few options left, Hood approached Nashville and had his troops dig in. Though his army was half the size of Thomas's 50,000, Hood hoped to win a defensive victory when Thomas attacked him. Instead, in the battle of Nashville, December 15-16, the Army of Tennessee was routed from the field. By the time it ended its retreat in North Mississippi, Confederate authorities were ready to relieve Hood from command. Hood resigned in January 1865."
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Extrabio1947  | 12 Nov 2020 5:51 a.m. PST |
Hood orders a frontal attack at Franklin – at night – against an entrenched foe. What could possibly go wrong? For the 7,200 Confederate casualties, including 6 generals, a lot. |
| DisasterWargamer | 12 Nov 2020 8:19 a.m. PST |
Dont forget he had 1 Corps not yet at the field of battle plus almost all of his artillery Though had it not been for a commander who didnt listen to his orders on the Union side – They might have carried the day |
| Extrabio1947 | 12 Nov 2020 8:30 a.m. PST |
Maybe, but it would have been a Pyrrhic victory. |
| Augustus | 12 Nov 2020 9:33 a.m. PST |
Why does it seem like Hood is always present at disasters? |
| bargainbindm | 12 Nov 2020 10:17 a.m. PST |
"Why does it seem like Hood is always present at disasters?" Mostly because there wasn't much nuance to his command style prior to Nashville. Attack, attack, attack! …and in the words of "The Peter Principle" he was promoted far beyond his level of incompetence… |
| Tango01 | 12 Nov 2020 12:29 p.m. PST |
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| Major Mike | 12 Nov 2020 3:25 p.m. PST |
Haven't been in a while, but, Hoods face did grace the urinal at one time at the museum in Franklin at the Carter House. |
| bargainbindm | 13 Nov 2020 9:50 a.m. PST |
….and not to give him a pass, but Hood was more than likely a hopeless drug addict by the time of the Nashville campaign. I can't even imagine what kind of pain he was in by then! Also, if he could have gotten Longstreet to take his advise in the second day of Gettysburg things could have been different there but….. |
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ponders nirvana.
