Message from John Bell Hood Confirming He Had Assumed Command of the Department and Army of Tennessee

On July 18, 1864, General John Bell Hood informed Confederate President Jefferson Davis that he had assumed command of the Army of Tennessee.

Portrait of John Bell Hood — On July 18, 1864, General John Bell Hood (pictured here) informed Confederate President Jefferson Davis that he had assumed command of the Army of Tennessee. [Wikimedia Commons]

ATLANTA, July 18, 1864.

General SAMUEL COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General:

I have assumed command of the Army and Department of Tennessee.

J. B. HOOD.

(Same to President Davis.)

Written by Harry Searles