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Friday, August 5, 2016

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Friday June 12, 1863

Gen Fiske ordered up to St. Louis. Col Rice Act. Brig Gen in his abcense 13 boats soldiers pass down today.

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 491

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Saturday June 13, 1863

208 prisoners pass up. Gen Fiske. departs. Weather very warm

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 491

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Saturday, April 4, 1863

At 10. A. M. orders to prepare for embarking for up the river. At 12. M. Fisks brigade struck tents and moved on boats. 33d reg. on Lebanon no. 2 and Charly Bower. At 1. P. M. started up, Burned houses of two plantations where we stoped at night.

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 487

Thursday, November 8, 2012

United States Presidential Candidates who were Veterans of the Civil War

Major General George B. McClellan
1864
Democratic Party
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
1880
Democratic Party
Brigadier General John W. Phelps
1880
Anti-Masonic Party
Brigadier General Neal Dow
1880
Prohibition Party
Brevet Brigadier General James B. Weaver
1880
Greenback-Labor Party
Major General Benjamin F. Butler
1884
Greenback Party
Brigadier General Clinton B. Fisk
1888
Prohibition Party
Brevet Brigadier General James B. Weaver
1892
People’s Party
Major General John McAuley Palmer1
1896
National Democratic Party

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1Confederate Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner was his running mate for Vice President.