The Army post, originally named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, was renamed in 2023 to honor Richard E. Cavazos, America's first Hispanic 4-star … ...

The base had previously been named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. In a statement, the Cavazos family said an Army representative confirmed the change during a phone call with them on ...

No doubt about it, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, leader of the acclaimed Texas Brigade, was one tough son-of-a-gun. As a cavalry officer at Fort Mason in the Texas Hill Country before the war ...

Fort Hood, named for Confederate general John Bell Hood, will be renamed Fort Cavazos in honor of the late Richard E. Cavazos, the Army's first Hispanic four-star general. A formal ceremony is ...

John Bell Hood’s Disastrous Mistake. Detour to Disaster was originally published posthumously in 2007 as A Slight Demonstration. Former Air Force officer Carpenter, a life-long resident of Decatur, ...

Fort Hood, the sprawling Army base in Central Texas, will officially be renamed Fort Cavazos on May 9, shedding its Confederate name.

It was named after racist Confederate general John Bell Hood, who pledged to fight “to the death” rather than live under the US government and its “Negro allies.” It will now be named Fort ...

Fort Cavazos was previously named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. Cavazos, who died in 2017 at 88, grew up on a cattle ranch in Kingsville, Texas, and was of Mexican American heritage.