Bell I. Wiley, The Life of Johnny Reb, the Common Soldier of the Confederacy (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943), OCLC444699, pp. 121–122. Wiley sources this claim to Robert Selph Henry, The Story of the Confederacy (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931), OCLC1300151, p. 434, but Henry provides no primary source citation. An earlier reference to the song is in William Josiah McMurray, Deering J. Roberts, and Ralph J. Neal, History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. (Nashville, TN: The Publication Committee, 1904) OCLC4535877, p. 352. However, it is described as the product of a single soldier singing while Hood passed by, consisting only of the lyrics "You may talk about your dearest maid, and sing of Rosa Lee, but the gallant Hood of Texas, played hell in Tennessee." In Bromfield Lewis Ridley, Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (Mexico, MO: Missouri Print. & Pub. Co., 1906) OCLC2014208, p. 439, the anecdote is expanded to be "And now I'm going Southward, for my heart is full of woe. I'm going back to Georgia, to find my 'Uncle Joe'. You may talk about your dearest maid, and sing of Rosalie, but the gallant Hood of Texas, played Hell in Tennessee."
Jones, p. 213; McMurry, p. 5; About North GeorgiaArchived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine website; JohnBellHood.org website. June 29 is the date given on his tombstone. It, therefore, seems the more likely.
Jones, p. 213; McMurry, p. 5; About North GeorgiaArchived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine website; JohnBellHood.org website. June 29 is the date given on his tombstone. It, therefore, seems the more likely.
Bell I. Wiley, The Life of Johnny Reb, the Common Soldier of the Confederacy (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943), OCLC444699, pp. 121–122. Wiley sources this claim to Robert Selph Henry, The Story of the Confederacy (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931), OCLC1300151, p. 434, but Henry provides no primary source citation. An earlier reference to the song is in William Josiah McMurray, Deering J. Roberts, and Ralph J. Neal, History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. (Nashville, TN: The Publication Committee, 1904) OCLC4535877, p. 352. However, it is described as the product of a single soldier singing while Hood passed by, consisting only of the lyrics "You may talk about your dearest maid, and sing of Rosa Lee, but the gallant Hood of Texas, played hell in Tennessee." In Bromfield Lewis Ridley, Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (Mexico, MO: Missouri Print. & Pub. Co., 1906) OCLC2014208, p. 439, the anecdote is expanded to be "And now I'm going Southward, for my heart is full of woe. I'm going back to Georgia, to find my 'Uncle Joe'. You may talk about your dearest maid, and sing of Rosalie, but the gallant Hood of Texas, played Hell in Tennessee."
