The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . 248 The History and Geography of Texas HOOD. General John B. Hood was born in Bath County, Ky., June29, 1831. At an early age his parents moved to Fort Starling,Montgomery County, Ky,, where he was reared and educated in the common schools. He entered theUnited States Military Academy atWest Point, from which he graduatedin 1853, and was made Second Lieuten-ant in the army, being assigned to dutywith the Fourth United States Infant-ry in California. He was later trans-ferred to the Second United States Cav-alry. In 1855 he served on
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . 248 The History and Geography of Texas HOOD. General John B. Hood was born in Bath County, Ky., June29, 1831. At an early age his parents moved to Fort Starling,Montgomery County, Ky,, where he was reared and educated in the common schools. He entered theUnited States Military Academy atWest Point, from which he graduatedin 1853, and was made Second Lieuten-ant in the army, being assigned to dutywith the Fourth United States Infant-ry in California. He was later trans-ferred to the Second United States Cav-alry. In 1855 he served on the frontierof Texas. On the 16th of April, 1861,he resigned his commission in the Uni-ted States Army and tendered his services to the Southern Con-federacy and was ordered to report to General Magruder inthe peninsula, below Richmond, with a Captains was soon promoted to the rank of Major, and on the 30thof September, 1861, was made Colonel and placed in commandof the Fourth Texas Regiment of Infantry. On the 3rd ofMarch, 1862, he was made
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