Hood's Military Theory

Born in 1831, Hood was educated at West Point and said to have been a mediocre cadet. The subject that Hood did excel at was military theory, a difficult class that many future leaders would lament not having done well in.

The many generals that fought in the Civil War would say in their respective memoirs that the training they received at West Point although beneficial could have been learned in the field all but military theory.

Hood was well on his way to stardom and the opportunity to lead a force into battle.
After resigning from the army, Hood would work his way through the normal channels that most eventual generals would go, through the Mexican War, the Indian Wars and then landing at the Civil War. His first action of the war would be as General Hood and he would lead his Confederate troops into conflict at both the Seven Days Battle and Seven Pines.
While leading a division into Gettysburg, Hood showed his commanders just what he had learned at West Point and then in the battles fought