John Bell Hood, West Point class of 1853. A native of Kentucky, Hood wanted the neutral state to act boldly and join the other slave states. When it hesitated after the secessionist attack on Fort Sumter, Hood renounced his ties to the Bluegrass State and adopted Texas as his home. During the war, he served the Confederacy as an aggressive and effective brigade and division commander, despite severe battlefield wounds including losing the use of his arm at Gettysburg and a leg at Chickamauga.
