HOOD
HOOKER
ing Federal force in check, and afterward crossed
the Potomac into Virginia. At Fredericksburg,
Dec. 13, 1864, his division held the right of the line
of Longstreet's cordis, and at Gettysburg his divi-
sion was the third in Longstreet's corps which was
the right of Lee's army, and on July 2, in endeav-
oring to turn the enemy's left, he directed Robin-
son's and Law's brigades upon Round Top and he
was repulsed, but reinforced by McLaws's division,
and this brought on the battle of the Peach Orch-
ard, when the angle was finally broken in, after a
great loss on both sides. General Hood was wound-
ed early in the engagement, resulting in the loss of
his right arm, and was succeeded in command by
Gen. E. M. Law. On Sept. 9, 1863, he was ordered
to reinforce Bragg at Chattanooga, Tenn., going
by rail via Wilmington, Augusta and Atlanta.
His division, made up of Jenkins's, Law's, Robert-
son's, Anderson's and Benning's brigades, and a
corps of artillery commanded by Col. E. P. Al-
exander, formed the second division of Long-
street's corps, the first being commanded by Gen.
Lafayette McLaws. On Sept. 19, 1863, he took
part in the battle of Chickamauga, his division
being stationed at Ted ford's Ford. He moved
with his own and Bushrod Johnson's divisions
in column of brigades at half distance on the
right center of the Federal army, and for a time
gained a brilliant success, driving everything
before him, capturing artillery and seizing the
Chattanooga road, but when the Federal force
was reinforced by the fresh divisions of Wood,
Davis, Sheridan and Negley, he was driven back
to the east of the road. When his division wa-
vered he rallied his men by seizing the colors, and
as he bore them to the front he was shot in the
leg. He was succeeded in command by General
Law, who had also succeeded him at Gettysburg.
His leg was amputated near the hip joint, but in
the spring of 1864 he was able to rejoin the
army. Although he had but one leg and one
arm he could ride his horse and command his
division with the same effective spirit as of old.
He was commissioned lieutenant-general and
given command of a corps of Johnston's army,
opposing Sherman's advance on Atlanta, Ga.
At Resaca, May 9, 1864, the enemy retired when
he advanced with three divisions, and on the
14th he successfully opposed a Federal advance on
the place. Hood's corps then retired to Calhoun,
and on the morning of May 17, to Adairsville. On
the 24th the corps encamped four miles from New
Hope Church, and on the 2.'jth was attacked by
Hooker's corps and the battle of New Hope Chiu'ch
followed. On June 23 two of his divisions at-
tacked the Federal breastworks, and after taking
them were driven out by the Federal artillery
with a loss of 1000 men. He took part in the
battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864, and
continued to fall back on Atlanta. On July 17,
1864, he received notice of his iJromotion to the
temporary rank of general and he succeeded
General Johnston in command of the Army and
Department of Tennessee. He took command
of the army on July 18, and at once opened the
Atlanta campaign. Stewart had command of
the corps of Polk and Cheatham of that of Hood.
The battle of Peach Tree Creek was fought July
20, 1883, and Hood, after dark, withdrew his two
corps inside the outer works of Atlanta, and at
midnight with four divisions he made his flank
movement toward Decatur. He formed a line of
battle facing the north at the extreme left of
Sherman's army, and on the morning of July 24
the battle of Atlanta opened and the next day
Sherman drew his half-circle closer to the city.
On July 28 Hood again charged and passed
Logan's extreme right, and short h' after, meeting
so strong qjiposition, he with drew within his for-
tified lines and lost the battle of Ezra Church.
On July 31 Hood abandoned Atlanta and joined
Hardee at Lovejoy's Station, and on Sept. 1
fought the battle of Jonesboro. On Oct. 2
he fell back beyond the Chattahoochee, and
stopped at Dallas, when he sent a division under
French to take the garrison and stores at Alla-
toona, which plan was successfully defended by
Gen. J. M. Corse. French then rejoined Hood
at New Hope Church, from where he marched
through Resaca toward Chattanooga, followed
by Sherman as far as Gaylersville, Ala., Oct. 16,
1863, when the Federal army retired and took up
its march to the sea. Hood compelled the evac-
uation of Dalton, but was defeated bj- Schofield
at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. and by Thomas
at Nashville, Dec. 15-16, 1864, and he was relieved
of his command at his own request, Jan. 23, 1865,
and was succeeded by Gen. Richard Taylor. At
the close of the war he settled in New Orleans,
La., where he was a commission merchant and
president of the New Orleans branch of the Life
Association of America. During the yellowfever
epidemic of 1879 his wife and their eldest child
died, and shortly after he succumbed to the dis-
ease. He wrote : Advance and Retreat : Per-
sonal Experiences in the United States and Con-
federate States Armies (1880), and contributed to
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (Vol. IV-.,
1888), The Defence of Atlanta (p. 336, et seq.),
and The Invasion of Tennessee (p. 425, et seq.) He
died in New Orleans. La., Aug. 30, 1879.
HOOKER, Charles, physician, was born in Berlin. Conn., March 22, 1799; son of William and Hannah (Jones) Hooker ; grandson of Setli and Sarah (Burnham) Hooker, and a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, a founder of Hart- ford, Conn., and pastor of the first church there. He was graduated from Yale with honor in 1820 ;
