Hood’s Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy’s Most Celebrated Unit

Authors

L. Bao Bui, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

ISBN

9780807167592

Price

$48.00

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press

Abstract

General John Bell Hood was not the first commander of the Texas Brigade, but he was at the helm when the unit won lasting fame during the battles of 1862 in the Eastern Theatre. Indeed, the Brigade compiled a distinguished record of service: Seven Days, Second Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Overland Campaign, and fittingly, Appomattox. The Texans paid dearly for their glory. At Antietam in 1862 the Brigade suffered a 64% casualty rate; the 1^st Texas Infantry alone lost 86% its members (128). Some 1,300 went to Georgia in 1864 for the late summer campaign; 570 because casualties (192). At war’s end, only 617 men of the Brigade remained to surrender at Appomattox (250).

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.20.4.12

Recommended Citation

Bui, L. Bao (2018) "Hood’s Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy’s Most Celebrated Unit," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 20 : Iss. 4 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.20.4.12
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol20/iss4/12