Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Gen. John Bell Hood,

Born: June 29, 1831, Owingsville, KY

West Point Graduate at the age of 22

Resigned his commission in April of 1861 to join the

Confederacy as a cavalry captain

Promoted to major general in 1862 serving with distinction

at Sharpsburg and at Fredericksburg.

Hood was wounded again at the Battle of Chickamauga,

requiring the amputation of his right leg.

After the war, he moved to New Orleans

Camp Beauregard near Pineville, Louisiana,

General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, born May 28,
Graduated West Point 2nd in Class of 1838

Served with distinction as an engineer officer in the

Mexican–American War

Following a brief appointment as superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy in 1861, and after Louisiana seceded, he

resigned from the United States Army and became the first brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.

Following his military career, Beauregard returned to

Louisiana, where he advocated black civil rights and Black

Suffrage, served as a railroad executive, and became

wealthy as a promoter of the Louisiana Lottery.

An equestrian monument by Alexander Doyle in New

Orleans depicted him. The monument was removed on May

17, 2017.