A soldier of the famous 26th North Carolina Regiment.
Wounded three times at three different battles. A real fighter.
Injured at Malvern Hill, Va.
He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA in the hip during the attack up McPherson's Ridge on July 1st, 1863, against the hard fighting Iron Brigade. He was able to escape with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia during their retreat back into Southern territory following that epic battle.
He had healed enough to participate in the battle of Bristoe Station, Va. on October 14th, 1863. He took part in A.P. Hill's ill fated attack upon Warren's II Corps. Private Hood was mortally wounded during this action. He was transported to Richmond, Va where he later died in General Hospital #24, also known as the North Carolina or Moore Hospital.
Quote from Fayetteville Observer:
"Died in General Hospital Richmond, November 26th, G.W. Hood, in the 24th year of his age. He was
wounded at Bristow, was from Caldwell County, a member of Company F, 26th Regiment."
Hood is pictured wearing the supposed uniform of Finley High School, a quasi-military/private school that was located in Lenoir, NC.
Grave site, like so many other Confederate soldiers is currently unknown. But, since he died in hospital and his name was known by the staff there enough to have been printed in the local paper, it is my hope that his burial location is marked and either I or someone else will stumble upon it. I assume it is in Richmond.
His younger brother Benedict Hood was a member of Connally's Brigade of North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was captured at Fort Fisher, NC on December 24th, 1864 and died the following April in the Federal Point Lookout Prison Pen in Maryland. He is buried in the mass grave there.
Wounded three times at three different battles. A real fighter.
Injured at Malvern Hill, Va.
He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA in the hip during the attack up McPherson's Ridge on July 1st, 1863, against the hard fighting Iron Brigade. He was able to escape with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia during their retreat back into Southern territory following that epic battle.
He had healed enough to participate in the battle of Bristoe Station, Va. on October 14th, 1863. He took part in A.P. Hill's ill fated attack upon Warren's II Corps. Private Hood was mortally wounded during this action. He was transported to Richmond, Va where he later died in General Hospital #24, also known as the North Carolina or Moore Hospital.
Quote from Fayetteville Observer:
"Died in General Hospital Richmond, November 26th, G.W. Hood, in the 24th year of his age. He was
wounded at Bristow, was from Caldwell County, a member of Company F, 26th Regiment."
Hood is pictured wearing the supposed uniform of Finley High School, a quasi-military/private school that was located in Lenoir, NC.
Grave site, like so many other Confederate soldiers is currently unknown. But, since he died in hospital and his name was known by the staff there enough to have been printed in the local paper, it is my hope that his burial location is marked and either I or someone else will stumble upon it. I assume it is in Richmond.
His younger brother Benedict Hood was a member of Connally's Brigade of North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was captured at Fort Fisher, NC on December 24th, 1864 and died the following April in the Federal Point Lookout Prison Pen in Maryland. He is buried in the mass grave there.
A soldier of the famous 26th North Carolina Regiment.
Wounded three times at three different battles. A real fighter.
Injured at Malvern Hill, Va.
He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA in the hip during the attack up McPherson's Ridge on July 1st, 1863, against the hard fighting Iron Brigade. He was able to escape with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia during their retreat back into Southern territory following that epic battle.
He had healed enough to participate in the battle of Bristoe Station, Va. on October 14th, 1863. He took part in A.P. Hill's ill fated attack upon Warren's II Corps. Private Hood was mortally wounded during this action. He was transported to Richmond, Va where he later died in General Hospital #24, also known as the North Carolina or Moore Hospital.
Quote from Fayetteville Observer:
"Died in General Hospital Richmond, November 26th, G.W. Hood, in the 24th year of his age. He was
wounded at Bristow, was from Caldwell County, a member of Company F, 26th Regiment."
Hood is pictured wearing the supposed uniform of Finley High School, a quasi-military/private school that was located in Lenoir, NC.
Grave site, like so many other Confederate soldiers is currently unknown. But, since he died in hospital and his name was known by the staff there enough to have been printed in the local paper, it is my hope that his burial location is marked and either I or someone else will stumble upon it. I assume it is in Richmond.
His younger brother Benedict Hood was a member of Connally's Brigade of North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was captured at Fort Fisher, NC on December 24th, 1864 and died the following April in the Federal Point Lookout Prison Pen in Maryland. He is buried in the mass grave there.
Wounded three times at three different battles. A real fighter.
Injured at Malvern Hill, Va.
He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA in the hip during the attack up McPherson's Ridge on July 1st, 1863, against the hard fighting Iron Brigade. He was able to escape with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia during their retreat back into Southern territory following that epic battle.
He had healed enough to participate in the battle of Bristoe Station, Va. on October 14th, 1863. He took part in A.P. Hill's ill fated attack upon Warren's II Corps. Private Hood was mortally wounded during this action. He was transported to Richmond, Va where he later died in General Hospital #24, also known as the North Carolina or Moore Hospital.
Quote from Fayetteville Observer:
"Died in General Hospital Richmond, November 26th, G.W. Hood, in the 24th year of his age. He was
wounded at Bristow, was from Caldwell County, a member of Company F, 26th Regiment."
Hood is pictured wearing the supposed uniform of Finley High School, a quasi-military/private school that was located in Lenoir, NC.
Grave site, like so many other Confederate soldiers is currently unknown. But, since he died in hospital and his name was known by the staff there enough to have been printed in the local paper, it is my hope that his burial location is marked and either I or someone else will stumble upon it. I assume it is in Richmond.
His younger brother Benedict Hood was a member of Connally's Brigade of North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was captured at Fort Fisher, NC on December 24th, 1864 and died the following April in the Federal Point Lookout Prison Pen in Maryland. He is buried in the mass grave there.
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