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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Theodore Roosevelt: Sailor and Soldier
Theodore Roosevelt, man of a zillion interests, always loved the military. TR: The Sailors’ Nephew Theodore Roosevelt was a little child during the tumultuous Civil War years. His was a well-to-do prominent New York family, but his mother, Martha (Mittie) … Continue reading
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The Assassination Attempt on Andrew Jackson
Political assassination has been around since Biblical times, if not longer. Andrew Jackson: Public Figure Andrew Jackson had been in the public eye since he was in his early twenties. As a Tennessee lawyer, planter, speculator, horseracer, duelist and legislator, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Old Hickory", American history, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson as assassination target, Assassination attempt by Richard Lawrence, Attorney Francis Scott Key, Feather Schwartz Foster, Francis Scott Key, General Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, history, Jackson and the Bank of the United States, Jackson foe Henry Clay, Jackson foe John C. Calhoun, Jackson's attempted assassination, John C. Calhoun, President Andrew Jackson, Presidential history, Richard Lawrence assassin, US history, Whig Senator George Poindexter, White House history
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Montgomery Meigs: Civil War Quartermaster
The United States Army in April, 1861 On the eve of the Civil War, the regular United States Army consisted of 16,000 soldiers, most of which were deployed out west. Other than maintaining the always-touchy peace with the native tribes, … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, Civil War, Civil War history, Civil War Quartermaster Department, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fort Sumter, General George B. McClellan, General George McClellan, George B. McClellan, Montgomery C. Meigs, Montgomery Meigs, President Abraham Lincoln, Quartermaster budget for the Civil War, Quartermaster Department during the Civil War, Quartermaster General Meigs, Secretary of State William Seward, Senator James G. Blaine, The Peninsula Campaign, The Union Army, US history
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