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Tag Archives: The American Civil War
The Justice and the Presidents
OWH, JR Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior (1841-1935) was Massachusetts born into a solid and prosperous family. His father, OWH Senior was a physician and occasional poet, probably best known for the versifying part. As such, his son was attending Harvard when the Civil War … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Common Law" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln visits Fort Stevens, American history, Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Author Jonathan Alter, Civil War General Horatio wright, Confederate General Jubal Early, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, FDR, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fort Stevens, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Oliver wendell Holmes Jr., President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The American Civil War, The American Law review, Union General Ulysses S. Grant, 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
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
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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U.S. Grant and Son: Meeting Lincoln
Little Fred Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912) was the oldest son of Ulysses S. Grant. His earliest memory of his father may have been when he was four, and he and his two-year-old brother were playing on the porch of their … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln Centennial in 1901, American history, Civil War history, Elihu Washburne, Frederick D. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant and Son at Willard Hotel, Grant in Chattanooga, Grant made Lt. General, history, Lincoln Centennial in Chicago, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, The American Civil War, The Victor of Vicksburg, U.S. history, Ulysses S. Grant, White House history
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General Grant’s Greatest Lesson
Fear is a natural reaction in the face of danger, or stress or the unknown. Or all of it. USG: Reinstatement The surrender of Fort Sumter in April 1861 changed everything for West Point trained Ulysses S. Grant. President Lincoln … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War history, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Confederate Colonel Thomas Harris, Congressman Elihu Washburne, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Meade, General Grant, General John C. Fremont, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's Personal Memoirs, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, The American Civil War, The Salt River, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Robert E. Lee at the Crossroads
April 9, 1865 was only the beginning of a difficult time in the life of Robert E. Lee. The Surrender It was a horrible day for General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). He has been famously quoted as preferring to … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Appomattox Court House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Plantation, Civil War history, Confederate history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Mary Anne Custis Lee, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, The American Civil War, The Army of Northern Virginia, The assassination of Lincoln, the Confederate Army, the great-grandaughter of Martha Washington, US history
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