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Tag Archives: Fire Zouaves
All Star President of the New York Mutuals Captain Jack Wildey–Part 2
When the 11th New York got back to Washington and took stock of their situation, it did not look good: almost seventy men had been sent to Richmond as prisoners and as many as 177 were lost to action. At … Continue reading
Really? You Needed That?
I do not know if any of our readers know historians or history buffs. Perhaps you fit into these categories yourselves. If so, I hope this post resonates with you.
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civilian, Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Newspapers, Personalities, Preservation, Ties to the War
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War Era, Civil War History, Elmer Ellsworth, Fire Zouaves, Memory, Preservation, the Illinois State Legislature, trumpet, Washington
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REMEMBER ELLSWORTH!
At this point in the sesquicentennial celebration of the American Civil War–mid-1864– historians and buffs are thinking about casualty numbers in the hundreds of thousands, often tens of thousands per battle. Was Union General Ulysses S. Grant a butcher to … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Holidays, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Politics, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Elmer Ellsworth, Fire Zouaves, George Nicolay, Meg Thompson Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, Memory, President Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, Sesquicentennial, Willie Lincoln.
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Every Free, Able-bodied White Male Citizen: Two Examples of Militia Readiness in Antebellum America Part III
Also in 1859, young Elmer Ellsworth became captain of a moribund militia company, the National Guard Cadets of Chicago, Illinois. Ellsworth had developed a statewide reputation as a drillmaster, and agreed to take on the challenge of rebuilding this group … Continue reading
