Talk:John Bell Hood

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[edit] Longstreet

I have reverted a lot of chattiness about James Longstreet, for the following reasons:

1. Longstreet (class of 42) and Hood (class of 53) were not West Point contemporaries.
2. It is not an encyclopedia style to use frequent nicknames (with only a few exceptions, such as Stonewall Jackson).
3. The references to friendship are neither cited nor particularly relevant to the article.

Hal Jespersen 15:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chickamauga

There is considerable confusion regarding Hood's part in the battle of Chickamauga, caused mainly by Longstreet's autobiography, which is quite completely in error on this count, as can be deduced quite easily from the reports presented in volume XXX of the O.R.s. This article is understandably not very clear on that subject either, so here are a few points of attention: - Brig. Gen. Evander Law was in command of the division before, during and after the battle (see, amongst others, the reports of Jerome B. Robertson (Brig. Gen.) and Bushrod Johnson (Brig. Gen. in command of [provisional] division)). - Hood commanded a 'corps' consisting of Longstreet's command plus the divisions of A.P. Stewart, Bushrod Johnson and Hindman, while Longstreet commanded the wing [Hood, Advance and Retreat, 56]. It is not entirely clear what happened to corps-command upon Hood's wounding.

The official records (mainly Vol. XXX part 2) and Hood's letter to Longstreet [Advance and Retreat p. 55-59] provide most of the story, though severe holes in the tale remain. 82.176.216.87 (talk) 10:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)