2008 JBHHS Tour of Spring Hill, Franklin
and Nashville - "Other Voices" Heard

On the weekend of May 9-11, 2008, the John Bell Hood Historical Society toured the historic battlefields of Spring HIll, Franklin and Nashville. Twenty-one members and guests from eight states were ably led by local historians Eric Jacobson of Carnton Plantation and David Fraley of the Carter House. Eric guided the group on visits to Columbia; Gen. Hood's Spring Hill headquarters at the Absolom Thompson house, "Oaklawn"; the Spring Hill Battlefield; Winstead Hill; Carnton Plantation; McGavock Cemetery; the Carter House; and the Franklin Masonic Lodge. David led the group's visit to Gen. Hood's Nashville headquarters at "Travelers Rest" plantation, and Shy's Hill in Nashville; several battle sites along the Army of Tennessee's retreat route after the Battle of Nashville; and Ft. Granger in Franklin.

JBHHS group at Winstead Hill, Franklin (Photo courtesy Graeme Goetz) Pictured from left to right: Jessie Riggs, Sam Hood, Brandon Beck, Jerry Spier, Vicki Spier, Clive Rice, Betty Callis, Steve Cagle, Tom Gregg, JK Gregg, Daniel Mallock, Bob Hufford, Kathryn Yant, Susan Tebbs, John Tebbs, Thomas Brown, Mary Tebbs, Ilana Mallock, Kendra Mallock.  Not shown: Mac Mellor, Graeme Goetz.
	JBHHS group on the Carter House grounds
JBHHS group on porch of Carnton Plantation
Guide David Fraley and JBHHS group atop Shy's Hill, Nashville	JBHHS group on portion of original Davis Ford Road between Columbia and Spring Hill
Guide Eric Jacobson with JBHHS group on the Spring Hill Battlefield

2006 New Orleans Conference a Success!

The first annual John Bell Hood Historical Society Conference was held in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 6-7, 2006. Attendees enjoyed a presentation by Dr. Brandon Beck, Founder and Director Emeritus of the McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, titled, "We Thought He Was Too Close: Gen. John Bell Hood at Gettysburg and Chickamauga". Attendees visited Lake Lawn/Metairie Cemetery, and the tombs of Gen. Hood and Gen. Richard Taylor. The group was given special access to the mausoleums beneath the Army of Tennessee and Army of Northern Virginia monuments, where Gen. PGT Beauregard in entombed, and where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was interred from 1891 to 1893. Conference attendees later toured historic Confederate Memorial Hall Museum, and were given a special viewing of the original Confederate Battle Flag, hand sewn by the Carey sisters of Baltimore in 1862. Some attendees also visited the nearby National D-Day Museum. The final conference event was a visit to the postwar Garden District home of Gen. Hood, where the attendees were graciously hosted by the current owners, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Stevenson.

Cemetery tour guide Kemper Sublette addresses JBHHS group at Metairie Cemetery

JBHHS group inside the Army of Tennessee monument tumulus.

JBHHS group at the tomb of Gen. Richard Taylor

The original Confederate Battle Flag being displayed to the JBHHS group at Confederate Memorial Hall Museum.

JBHHS members in the parlor of Gen. Hood's postwar home.

2006 Conference attendees on porch of Gen. Hood's postwar home: Seated from left, Vicki Spier, Susan Tebbs, Martha Hood. Standing (clockwise) from left, Joey Ricci, Jim Bagg, Jerry Spier, Dr. John Goddard, Dr. Brandon Beck, Carlo DiVincenti, Bob Turley, Darren Moran, Sam Hood. Not pictured, Eric Erickson.