County Named for Famous Confederate General John Bell Hood
Born Kentucky. West Point graduate. Army service on Texas frontier led Hood to adopt the Lone Star State. Resigned U.S. Army 1861 to serve South. Commanded 4th Texas Infantry. Led "Hood's Texas," most renowned Confederate Brigade. Rose rapidly to Lieutenant General. Known as "The Fighting General" for leadership in the Army of Northern Virginia. Although lost leg Battle Chickamauga, became commander Army of Tennessee. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy Erected by the State of Texas 1963.
32.4425° N, 97.7871° W
Where to Find It
100 block of Pearl Street, Granbury courthouse lawn
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi E City named for Confederate General General H.B. Granbury (1831-1864) and Granbury's Texas Brigade Granbury
- <0.1 mi NE Hood County Courthouse Granbury
- <0.1 mi E Nellie Gray Robertson Granbury
- <0.1 mi S Harris Building Granbury
- <0.1 mi SE Granbury Opera House Granbury
- <0.1 mi SW Haynes-Burns-Ewell Building Granbury