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There isn't a single contemporary record of anyone ever calling John Bell Hood "Old Woodenhead." It is a myth.
Unfortunately, theperception of Hood as "Old Woodenhead" has become so common that Wikipedia and New World Encyclopedia list John Bell Hood's nicknames as "Sam" and "Old Woodenhead." Yet there is no historical evidence that anyone ever called Hood "Old Woodenhead."
The genesis of this derogatory epithet seems to be Lost Cause historian E.A. Pollard, who was a devotee of Hood's arch-rival Joseph E. Johnston. Pollard provided no source when he wrote in Southern History of the War in 1866 that Hood "had the heart of a lion, but, unfortunately, with it a head of wood." In 1914, James C. Nisbet, apparently paraphrasing Pollard, wrote in Four Years on the Firing Line: "It has been said of Hood, 'He was a man with a lion's heart, but a wooden head.'" Because of Hood's physical condition, it is probable that some of his men called him "Old Pegleg," but "Woodenhead" seems to have evolved from later Hood critics combining "Old Pegleg" with the disparaging remark from Pollard and Nisbet.
(Edward Albert Pollard, Southern History of the War: The Last Year of the War, [New York: C. B. Richardson Publisher, 1866], 86; James Cooper Nisbet, Four Years on the Firing Line,[Chattanooga, TN: The Imperial Press, 1914], 305.)
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What was army commander John Bell Hood's plan of action at the Battle of Nashville?
he opted to take a defendsive stance and await a union attack
Where did john bell hood get his name old wooden head from?
I am a JB Hood biographer. No contemporary ever called Hood "Old Woodenhead". The caption of a JB Hood portrait displayed at the Atlanta Cyclorama in the 1960s erroneously stated that Hood was called Old Woodenhead by his troops, even though there is no evidence that any soldier ever called Hood by that name. It is a myth.
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John Bell Hood died on August 30, 1879 at the age of 48.
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John Bell Hood was born on June 1, 1831.
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Lt Gen John Bell Hood
How old is John Bell Hood?
John Bell Hood was born on June 1, 1831 and died on August 30, 1879. John Bell Hood would have been 48 years old at the time of death or 184 years old today.
Did John Bell Hood lead the Confederacy?
John Bell Hood was a Confederate major general. One of his major campaigns was the Tennessee Campaign in 1864.
What General was Fort Hood Named After?
Ft. Hood, Texas is named for Confederate General John Bell Hood.
What challenges did John Bell Hood overcome?
Confederate General John Bell Hood , at the Battle of Gettysburg , was severely wounded permanently crippling his left arm and at Chickamauga he was gain wounded and suffered the loss of his right leg . ~ Look to the related link below for further information regarding John Bell Hood .
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