John Bell Hood quotes

John Bell Hood quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“In the name of God and humanity I protest!”
-- John Bell Hood

Source : John Bell Hood (1996). “Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies”, p.230, U of Nebraska Press

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“I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle.”
-- John Bell Hood

Source : John Bell Hood (1996). “Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies”, p.58, U of Nebraska Press

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“Major, send a shell first over their heads and let them get in their holes before you open with all your guns.”
-- John Bell Hood

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“I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for our independence.”
-- John Bell Hood

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