Atlas of Battles

commander, 15 engagements

Battles of John Bell Hood

Battles of John Bell Hood

Confederate general (1831–1879)

John Bell Hood is recorded as a commander at 15 placed engagements in the atlas between 1857 and 1864: 14 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,812 km apart end to end, 201 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (14), Comanche Wars (1).

Battle of Devil's RiverBattle of New Hope ChurchBattle of ResacaBattle of Peachtree CreekBattle of Ezra ChurchBattle of Utoy CreekBattle of JonesboroughBattle of DecaturBattle of ColumbiaBattle of Spring HillBattle of NashvilleFranklin–Nashville campaignAtlanta campaignBattle of AtlantaBattle of FranklinBattle of NashvilleFranklin–Nashville campaignAtlanta campaignBattle of AtlantaBattle of FranklinHoustonDallasNew OrleansSan AntonioMemphisOklahoma CityJacksonFt. WorthAustinTulsa500 km33.133N, 92.297W
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1857: 1 engagements1864: 14 engagements14 in 186418571864
15 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Devil's River, 1857Battle of Nashville, 1864Franklin–Nashville campaign, 1864Battle of New Hope Church, 1864Atlanta campaign, 1864Battle of Resaca, 1864Battle of Peachtree Creek, 1864Battle of Atlanta, 1864Battle of Ezra Church, 1864Battle of Utoy Creek, 1864Battle of Jonesborough, 1864Battle of Decatur, 1864Battle of Columbia, 1864Battle of Spring Hill, 1864Battle of Franklin, 186418571864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 July 1857Battle of Devil's RiverDevils River, Texas, United StatesUnited States victory
1864Battle of NashvilleNashville, Tennessee, United States1,481 km NEUnion victory; End of the Army of Tennessee as an effective...
1864Franklin–Nashville campaignGeorgia, United States458 km SEUnion victory; end of large-scale fighting in the Western...
1864Battle of New Hope ChurchPaulding County, Georgia, United States160 km NWConfederate victory
1864Atlanta campaignNorth Georgia, Georgia, United States44 km SEUnion victory
13 May 1864Battle of ResacaGordon County, Georgia, United States106 km NWUnion victory
20 July 1864Battle of Peachtree CreekFulton County, Georgia, United States99 km SEUnion victory
22 July 1864Battle of AtlantaDeKalb County, Georgia, United States9 km SEUnion victory
28 July 1864Battle of Ezra ChurchFulton County, Georgia, United States8 km WUnion victory
5 August 1864Battle of Utoy CreekFulton County, Georgia, United States5 km SWInconclusive
31 August 1864Battle of JonesboroughClayton County, Georgia, United States23 km SEUnion victory
26 October 1864Battle of DecaturDecatur, Alabama, United States270 km NWUnion victory
24 November 1864Battle of ColumbiaMaury County, Tennessee, United States112 km NConfederate victory
29 November 1864Battle of Spring HillMaury County, Tennessee, United States17 km NEUnion victory
30 November 1864Battle of FranklinFranklin Battlefield, Tennessee, United States21 km NUnion victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.