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Tag Archives: General George McClellan
Lincoln’s First Pardon: Private William Scott
By the time of Lincoln’s death, his reputation for compassion had become legendary. Captain Abe When Abraham Lincoln was around 22, living in New Salem, IL, he enlisted in the militia along with a bunch of his buddies. A skirmish … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Sleeping Sentinel", Abraham Lincoln, American history, CW Private William Scott, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1956, Feather Schwartz Foster, Francis de Hayes Javier, General George McClellan, General Winfield Scott, history, Lincoln appoints CW officers, Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, Lincoln pardons Private William Scott, Lincoln pardons Union soldiers, Poet Francis de Hayes Javier, Presidential history, Private William Scott of Vermont, US history, White House history
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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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Lincoln and Johnson vs. The Georges of 1864
It wasn’t a shoo-in by any means. The USA in 1864 The Civil War had begun its fourth year. Casualties were huge,with seemingly no end in sight. Nobody was happy. Nobody was winning. But it was not an election year … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Copperheads, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, George McClellan, George Pendelton, history, Presidential history, Rep. George Pendleton, The election of 1864, US history, VP Hannibal Hamlin, War Democrats, White House history
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U.S. Grant and George Meade: A Partnership
Both George Meade and Ulysses Grant were West Pointers, and share a singular coincidental date in history. Meade and Grant: Common Bonds George Meade (1815-72), Pennsylvanian, came from a military family. His father was a naval officer, but died when … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, Civil War history, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Congressman Elihu Washburne, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ambrose Burnside, General George McClellan, General George Meade, General Henry Halleck, General Irvin McDowell, General John Pope, General Joseph Hooker, General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, General Winfield Scott, history, Lincoln's Generals, PA Governor Andrew Curtin, President Abraham Lincoln, the battle of Gettysburg, The battle of Vicksburg, US history
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Gideon Welles and the Naval Battle
Gideon Welles was Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. March 9, 1862 It was a Sunday. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles rushed over to Lincoln’s office, where he found the President and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Civil War history, Edwin M. Stanton, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, Gideon Welles, history, Inventor John Ericcson, naval history, naval inventor John Ericcson, President Abraham Lincoln, President James Buchanan, Presidential history, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, The battle at Hampton Roads, the battle between the US ironclads, The Civil War, The CSS Virginia, The Mariners Museum, The Merrimac, The Merrimack, The USS Monitor, US history, White House history
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Brother Generals: Hancock and Armistead
Few ties are as strong as the military bands of brotherhood. The Gist of the Matter Two soldiers, close friends for years, had the unlikely distinction of meeting (sort of) for the last time at Gettysburg. One fought for the … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Killer Angels", Almira Russell Hancock, American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, General George Pickett, General Lewis Armistead, General Winfield Scott Hancock, history, Pickett's Charge, the battle of Gettysburg, The death of Gen. Lewis Armistead, The Democratic nominee of 1880, the Mexican War, The War with Mexico, US history, Win Hancock and Lo Armistead, Winfield Scott Hancock runs for President
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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
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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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Martha Washington’s White House
Martha Washington died in early 1802. She had never set foot in what is known today as the White House in Washington, DC. Martha’s White House in New Kent County Martha Dandridge (1731-1802) was only seventeen when she married Daniel … Continue reading
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Tagged "Rooney" Lee, Amerncan history, Arlington House, Civil War history, Daniel Parke Custis, Feather Schwartz Foster, G.W. Custis, General George B. McClellan, General George McClellan, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, history, Jack Custis Washington, Martha Custis, Martha Dandridge Custis, MArtha Washington, Mary Anne Custis, Mary Custis Lee, New Kent County VA, Robert E. Lee, Robert E. Lee's son "Rooney", The New Kent white House, The Peninsula Campaign, US history
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“Prince” John Magruder: Confederate Showman
John B. Magruder was the Confederacy’s master showman whose tactics have gone down in history as the best flim-flam of the Civil War. John Bankhead Magruder: Virginia Soldier John Bankhead Magruder (1807-1871) was Virginia born and raised, University of Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Civil War, Civil War Battle of Yorktown, Civil War history, Civil War Siege of Yorktown, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, General John B. Magruder, General Joseph E. Johnston, Geprge McClellan, history, John B. Magruder, John Magruder's maneuvers in Yorktown, Joseph E. Johnston, McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, Peninsula Campaign, US Civil War, US history
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