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Though it\'s best remembered for consisting of Texans and being led by General John Bell Hood, for a brief time the 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment and Wade Hampton\'s South Carolina Legion were attached to the brigade, and after the redeployment of the Georgia and South Carolina men, the 3rd Arkansas Infantry was permanently assigned to the Texas Brigade and joined the 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas Infantry Regiments, who comprised the bulk of the brigad.
At times undisciplined, the men who comprised this Brigade were a group of fearless and determined volunteers-turned-soldiers.
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A.) During the American Civil War.
Organized in Richmond, Virginia on October 22, 1861, Hood\'s Texas Brigade was one of the most formidable fighting forces of the Confederate States of America (C.
Although Hood may have sullied his reputation, the Brigade that bore his name suffered no such fate.
This quality, which made him one of the best Brigade and division commanders in the Army of Northern Virginia also made him ineffective when he was promoted to higher commands, forever marring his career at Atlanta and Franklin.
Hood was one of the most tenacious generals in the Confederacy, for better and worse.
During the American Civil War, that man was John Bell Hood.
Anyone who had followed the operations of the Army after Gaines\'s Mill would have said that of all the officers under Longstreet, the most likely to be a great soldier was Hood." - Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee\'s Lieutenants The History of war is replete with examples of men who distinguished themselves in battle only to disgrace themselves after being promoted to commands above their capabilities. ...
The exception was Hood. save one had by this date displayed qualities that would dispose anyone to expect a career of eminence.
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