The war and its heroes . f Texas, after the meeting of Congress, heresigned; and on the 3d of March, 1862, Colonel Hood was appointed to take THE WAR AND ITS HEROES. 83 his place. Thus we see, within the short space of ten months and seventeendays, he was promoted from the rank of lieutenant to that of brigadier. General Hood continued with the Army of the Potomac until Lieutenant-General Long-streets command was sent to re-inforce the Army of Tennessee,where, with his brave Texans, he followed that general to seek new laurels inthe volunteer State. At the battle of Chickamauga, General Hood b
The war and its heroes . f Texas, after the meeting of Congress, heresigned; and on the 3d of March, 1862, Colonel Hood was appointed to take THE WAR AND ITS HEROES. 83 his place. Thus we see, within the short space of ten months and seventeendays, he was promoted from the rank of lieutenant to that of brigadier. General Hood continued with the Army of the Potomac until Lieutenant-General Long-streets command was sent to re-inforce the Army of Tennessee,where, with his brave Texans, he followed that general to seek new laurels inthe volunteer State. At the battle of Chickamauga, General Hood bore a prominent part, and,during the engagement, was so severely wounded in the right leg as to renderamputation necessary. For signal courage, displayed on the hard-fought fieldof Chickamauga, General Hood was made lieutenant-general. General Hood is about six feet two inches high, with full, broad chest, lighthair and beard, blue eyes, and is gifted by nature with a voice that can be heardeven above the roar of MAJOR-GENERAL T. C. HINDMAN. Major-General Hindnian is a native of the State of Arkansas, and is now inthe prime of life. He entered the army at the commencement of the war, andon the 29th of Jane, 1861, was appointed Colonel of the 2d Arkansas regi-ment. On the 28th of September, 1861, he was made a brigadier-general,which position he held until the Uth of April, 1862, when he was promotedto the rank of major-general. General Hindman, we believe, has never been•connected with the army of Northern or Western Virginia, his fields of opera-tion and usefulness having been chiefly confined to Georgia and Tennessee. On the 29th of September last, General Hindman being then at Newman,Oeorgia, disabled by an injury received in the battle of Chickamauga, was sus- THE WAR AND ITS HEROES. 85 pended from command by order of General Bragg. The charge against himAvas disobedience of orders on September 11th, in McLemorea Cove. GeneralHindman at once requested a Court of
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