Family papers, 1839-1889.

Hood, Humphrey H. (Humphrey Hughes), 1823-1903.

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Physician, Civil War veteran, & businessman from Litchfield, Ill. Hood was a surgeon with the Union Army, mostly at Fort Pickering, near Memphis, from late 1862 until he was discharged in April, 1866. He served as First Asst. Surgeon of the 117th Illinois Infantry, Senior Surgeon of the First Tennessee Heavy Artillery, African Descent (renamed in 1864 the Third U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery), and Surgeon-in-Chief on the staff of General John E. Smith, District of West...

Hood, J. G. (Jeremiah Griffith), 1827-1855.

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Hood, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Smith), 1832-1904

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Benjamin S. Hood, a teacher in Jerseyville, Ill., & later a newspaper editor in Litchfield, Ill.; Humphrey H. Hood (1823-1903), Benjamin's brother, a physician, Civil War veteran, & businessman in Litchfield; and their brothers, sisters & descendants. Of the Hood family, originally from Philadelphia, all but one had settled by the late 1850s in or near Litchfield, where the Hood brothers' business interests over the years included a drugstore, newspapers, ins...

United States. Army. Tennessee Heavy Artillery Regiment (African Descent), 1st (1863-1864)

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Hood family.

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Hood, John L. (John Lambert), 1825-1865.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 117th (1862-1865)

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United States. Army. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment, 3rd (1864-1866)

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