This man, whose reminiscences were collected by his wife Almira Russell, served for a year as president of the National Rifle Association. He wrote a famous letter to Texas governor Elisha William Pease in which he defended his issuance of "General Order Number 40," which promised liberties like trial by jury and free speech to the citizens of Louisiana and Texas during Reconstruction. He took ove
This man, whose reminiscences were collected by his wife Almira Russell, served for a year as president of the National Rifle Association. He wrote a famous letter to Texas governor Elisha William Pease in which he defended his issuance of "General Order Number 40," which promised liberties like trial by jury and free speech to the citizens of Louisiana and Texas during Reconstruction. He took over the Second Corps after the death of Israel Richardson, but prior to that George McClellan called him "the Superb" for his actions at Williamsburg. Thomas Nast depicted him as Gulliver being tied down by Lilliputians, during an election where he ran alongside Indiana banker ► William Hayden English. FTP, name this general famed for heroism on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, who lost to James Garfield in the 1880 election and got his name from another general called "Old Fuss and Feathers."
This man, whose reminiscences were collected by his wife Almira Russell, served for a year as president of the National Rifle Association.
Winfield Scott {Hancock}