A Portrait of Confederate general John Bell Hood. Getty Images Cavazos died in 2017 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

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 ...

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 … ...

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

Fort Hood was named after Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood. The change comes also comes after a number of shocking crimes occurred at the base, including a 2009 mass shooting, the murder of a ...

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, had ...

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 ...

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 was previously named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, commander of the Texas Brigade during the Civil War.

Fort Hood houses around 40,000 soldiers. It was permanently established in 1950 and was named after Gen. John Bell Hood, who spearheaded the Confederate Army’s Texas brigade at the time of the ...