Johnson Hagood (1873–1948)

Major General Johnson Hagood (June 16, 1873 - December 22, 1948) was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1896, was commissioned in the artillery, and served in France in World War I, where he created the Services of Supply. He retired in 1936.

Asked how to say his name, he told "The Literary Digest" "The name, peculiar to the South, is pronounced in a southern way. During all the years of my boyhood in South Carolina, I never knew there was anything unusual about it, for I never heard it in any other way than as "haig'-wood". The name was originally spelt "Haguewood", and is still properly so pronounced." (Charles Earle Funk, "What's the Name, Please?", Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)

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