What did john bell hood do after the civil war?

Hood's business provided him an his family with an adequate income to grant a good living.

His major interest after the war was over was that of justify his military actions and defending his military career, starting from the last phase of Atlanta Campaign through his invasion of Tennessee.

In 1879 he tried to sell all the papers he had collect and written for the purpose to the War Department for $ 20,000, because his family's businesses turned unfavourable.

In this endeavour he was baked by Sherman who actively intervene in his favour writing to the the chairmen of both Senate and House of Representative, but in vain as the Congress took no action in merit and the papers remained at the War Department until 1938, when they were transferred to the National Archives, where they still lie nowadays.