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Tag Archives: American Civil War history
General Joe Hooker: The Man, The Myth and the Legend
Joe Hooker was a pretty interesting fellow any way you look at it… Joseph Hooker, Making of a Soldier Joseph Hooker (1814-79) was Massachusetts born, and perhaps genetically destined for the military. His grandfather had been a Captain during the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Fighting Joe", "Figitin' Joe Hooker, "Hooker's Army", American Civil War, American Civil War history, American history, Camp followers attached to Hooker's Division, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, General Gideon Pillow, General Joseph Hooker, General Ulysses S. Grant, General Winfield Scott, General Zachary Taylor, history, Major General Joe Hooker, origin of the term "hooker", The American Civil War, The Peninsula Campaign of 1862, The War with Mexico, US history
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Civil War Grub: Feeding Billy Yank and Johnny Reb
“An army travels on its belly.” – Napoleon Bonaparte First…Some Numbers and Perspectives Sometimes it is difficult to comprehend plain-old numbers. Like …more than 1,000,000 Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War – and more than 600,000 Rebels. Jiggling … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War
Tagged Alcoholism among Civil War soldiers, American Civil War, American Civil War history, American history, Civil War supply lines, Coffee drinking during the Civil War, Confederate soldiers in camp, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, Hardtack, history, Raids on Civil War supply lines, The Sanitary Commission, The US census of 1860, Union soldiers in camp, US history, What Civil War soldiers ate and drank
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Col. Elmer Ellsworth, The Lincolns’ Favorite
Few Lincoln favorites were as beloved by the entire Lincoln family as Elmer Ellsworth. The Young Militia Colonel Ephriam Elmer Ellsworth (1837-61) was a poor New York fellow with long bootstraps. Blessed with a charismatic personality, solid brains, and an … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War history, American history, Civil War history, Civil War Zouaves, Col. Elmer Ellsworth, Elmer Ellsworth, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John G. Nicolay, John Hay, Lincoln's Secretaries, Mary Lincoln, New York Zouave firefighters, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Secretary of War Simon Cameron, the death of Elmer Ellsworth, The John Marshall Hotel in Alexandria VA, US history, White House history, Willie and Tad Lincoln
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