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Tag Archives: Fire Zouaves
Resolved: The New York Fire Department
Today is September 11. It’s been 19 years since 343 firemen lost their lives during the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers in New York City. They rush forwarded into deadly danger to save lives. There wasn’t time to … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
Tagged Fire Zouaves, New York Fire Zouaves, New York Times, September 11
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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