John Bell Hood - Metairie Cemetery - New Orleans, LA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

General Hood is here with his wife, Anna Marie, and their children, Lydia Marie, Ethel Genevieve, John Bell, Jr., and Anna Bell. Unknown as to whose child John Wilson is. Also in the tomb are Mrs. Hood's sister, Lydia Genevieve, and their parents, Duncan Nicholson and Eleanor Robertson Hennen.

Sam Watkins, who served under Hood, penned the following epitaph in The Southern Bivouac 2 in May 1884, and it appears on a gray, granite monument in front of the tomb:

But the half of brave Hood's body molders here,
The rest was lost in honors’ bold career.
Both limbs and fame he scattered all around,
Yet still, though mangled, was with honor crowned.
For ever ready with his blood to part,
War left him nothing whole – except his heart.

Private Sam Watkins
1st Tennessee Infantry CSA
Army of Tennessee
1839-1901

Description: A bronze sign stands in front of the tomb, providing some background: General John Bell Hood, CSA John Bell Hood was born June 29, 1831, in Owingsvile, Kentucky, and was reared in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. After graduating from West Point in 1853, he served in the elite U.S. 2nd Cavalry Regiment on the Texas frontier. In 1861, he joined the Confederate Army. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1852 and commanded the renowned Hood's Texas Brigade under Gen. Robert E. Lee at the important Confederate victories at Gaines' Mill (Seven Days Battles) and 2nd Manassas (Battle of 2nd Bull Run). He held the critical Confederate left flank at Miller's Cornfield at Antietam, after which he was promoted to major general by Thomas J. ("Stonewall") Jackson. In July 1863, while serving as a division commander at Gettysburg, he was severely wounded and forever lost the use of his left arm. In September 1863, while leading a decisive Confederate victory at Chickamauga, Georgia, Hood was again severely wounded and lost his right leg. Promoted to lieutenant general by Gen. James Longstreet, he returned to duty in 1863 in north Georgia under Gen. Joseph Johnston, as corps commander. He succeeded Johnson as commander of the Army of Tennessee and was temporarily promoted to full general in July 1864. In November, in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union Gen. William T. Sherman from his March to the Sea, Hood led the Army of Tennessee in the invasion of that state. After decisive defeats at Franklin and Nashville, he retreated to Tupelo, Mississippi. In January 1865, he resigned command. He surrendered to Union authorities at Natchez, Mississippi, on May 31, 1865. After the war, Hood set up residence in New Orleans, where on April 30, 1868, he married Anna Marie Hennen, with whom he fathered eleven children. He died of yellow fever on August 30, 1879, within days of his wife and eldest child. Seven families in 5 different states adopted the surviving orphans. Hood was buried in the Garden District's Lafayette Cemetery, but was moved to this location in 1927. Date of birth: 06/29/1831 Date of death: 08/30/1879 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 7:30 AM to 5:30 AM Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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