Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies by Hood, General John B - 1998

New York.: Konecky & Konecky., 1998. Reprint. Facsimile reprint of his post Civil War autobiography.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. With prior owner tidy address label.. 1 358 p. Blue paper over boards. Portrait jacket illustration. Frontispiece: different portrait; 3rd portrait after Contents. Autobiography of West Point graduate and career soldier who served the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and in 1864 was assigned authority over the Army of Tennessee when commander Joseph E Johnston was stalled by the Union's Sherman close to Atlanta. The Confederates failed, and Hood was accused of recklessness. His memoir tell of a courageous soldier, and of gallantry in a noble cause. Appendix offers series of Official Reports.