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A Yankee in the Confederate Fold
James Weaver, Jr.
其他書名
John Lambert Hood
出版J.Dudley Weaver, Jr., 2021-10
主題History / United States / GeneralPsychology / Interpersonal Relations
ISBN05782550659780578255064
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=h2-kzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋John Lambert Hood was a son of an abolitionist Philadelphia family who moved to Virginia in 1848 and worked as a tutor to children and youth. His family never quite came to terms with why he chose to live among people who practiced and defended human slavery, and feared that the longer he remained the more likely it was that he would go over to "the Southern way of thinking." The Philadelphia found a community of friends and family in Virginia and when the Civil War erupted, within days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter he joined the Confederate Army with his neighbors and former pupils. Hood served until almost the last day of the war, being captured on April 6, 1865, during the Battle of Saylor's (Sailer's) Creek. Lee surrendered to Grant three days later at nearby Appomattox Court House, Virgninia. John Hood's war began and ended in Amelia County, Virginia. He was held as a prisoner of War at Johnson's Island, Ohio, and was the last prisoner to die in the camp. His grave stands just a little apart from those of his compatriots in what was to become a new section in the cemetery. His only remaining possessions at the time of his death were his "spectacles and his shawl" which were given to his family.