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Tag Archives: Battle of Nashville
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I first knew of him as “The Rock of Chickamauga.” In September 1863 Union General George H. Thomas and his men held off the Confederate Army of Tennessee while about a third of the Union Army of the Cumberland was … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, 150 Years Ago This Month, Aftermath, Veterans
Tagged Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Nashville, David E. Twiggs, Felix Zollicoffer, George Henry Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, John Bell Hood, Philip St. George Cooke, Stewart Lyndon Woodford, William Croswell Doane, William Rosecrans
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shaming the abolitionists?
A Democrat publication wondered why, if over two million adult men voted for President Lincoln’s re-election, the President had to threaten a draft to come up with 300,000 more soldiers. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1864 or … Continue reading
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As Democrat paper in the Finger Lakes region of New York State absorbed a couple of the significant events that occurred 150 years this week – the Union victory at Nashville and President Lincoln’s call for 300,000 more volunteers – … Continue reading
