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1835 Gen. John Bell Hood Home
(Marker Number: 112)
Location: 4 mi. W. of
Mt. Sterling, US 60
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Description:
Home of Hood family, 1835-1857. From here John
Bell Hood (1831-1879) went to West Point, 1849. Resigned commission in 1861,
joined Confederate Army, served with Texas Brigade throughout war. Hood wounded
at Gettysburg; lost leg at Chickamauga.
(Subjects:
Civil War)
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