Sentences with phrase «civil war veteran»

My grandfather became great friends with the father, also a George Dougherty who was a Civil War veteran.

Interview (starts at 20:19)-- Anthropologist Guven Witteveen last year helped the Paine - Gillam - Scott Museum in St. John, Michigan, create a Kindle eBook titled Civil War Memories on Foot and by Horse, 1862 - 1866, by Civil War veteran Francis W. Redfern.

We sat in plush chairs by a fireplace, and Witteveen told me about how he used Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) to create an eBook from the handwritten memoir of Francis W. Redfern, a Civil War veteran from nearby St. Johns.

Joined by her husband, a stubborn, driven Civil War veteran who will take over the operation of the sheep ranch on the island, Marantha strives to persevere in the face of the hardships, some anticipated and some not, of living in such brutal isolation.

Pearl makes his main character (Marcus Manfield) a former machinist and Civil War veteran, which gives him a front - row seat for some of the biggest upheavals of the time.

In 1888, Marantha Waters moves to the island with her Civil War veteran husband, where they struggle to keep their daughter from returning to the mainland.

Gardner proves the perfect traveling companion on this heartfelt but unsentimental odyssey, illuminating characters and events as a Civil War veteran transports a young girl, freed from Indian captivity, across Texas.

When I was a boy, I remember the day the last Civil War veteran passed away.

Anyway, the film tentatively had Alexander Skarsgard as the loinclothed hero and Samuel L. Jackson as Civil War veteran George Washington Williams (though neither were officially signed) in the story that follows John Clayton III, who gets reassimilated into society only to be asked by Queen Victoria to investigate some strange things going on in the Congo.

On the street, straight - talking Civil War veteran George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson)-- an historical figure not found in Edgar Rice Burroughs» stories — persuades Tarzan to reconsider.

Language: English Genre: Western MPAA rating: NR Director: John Ford Actors: John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter Plot: A civil war veteran searchers for years for his niece who was possibly captured by Indians as the inspiration for his motivation is in question.

The screenplay, by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, is cut from the superhero - movie template, complete with a maniacal, power - hungry villain (Christoph Waltz, coasting on his Inglourious Basterds schtick) and a comic - relief sidekick (Samuel L. Jackson as George Washington Williams, a Civil War veteran).

Stewed from bits of Agatha Christie, David Mamet, and Sam Peckinpah, The Hateful Eight traps a cast of blowhards (including Samuel L. Jackson as a Civil War veteran, Kurt Russell as a bounty hunter known as «The Hangman,» and Jennifer Jason Leigh as a psychopathic gang member) in a blizzard - enveloped supply station.

Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs» epic series about a Civil War veteran transported to Mars and caught up in war and romance there, John Carter mostly delivers...

Set to be directed by «Harry Potter» helmer David Yates, the movie tentatively has Alexander Skarsgard as the loinclothed hero and Samuel L. Jackson as Civil War veteran George Washington Williams in the story that follows John Clayton III, who gets reassimilated into society only to be asked by Queen Victoria to investigate some strange things going on in the Congo.

It's worth noting that George Washington Williams is a real life historical figure who was a Civil War veteran, and is maybe best known as the author of «History of the Negro Race in America,» widely considered the first objective history of African Americans.

The film opens with a carriage plodding along the road until it comes across an African - American Civil War Veteran, Maj. Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson, Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2016) whose horse has died and is towing three dead bodies to the city of Red Rock to collect the bounty for his bodies.

Also known as Curse of Demon Mountain, this supernatural Western stars Joe Don Baker as a Civil War veteran searching for buried treasure on a supposedly cursed mountain.

Leaving her husband, Ellis (Jack Huston), an artist and wounded Spanish Civil War veteran, at home, Catrin plunges into the world of women's work, propaganda and showbiz, befriending a cynical colleague named Buckley (Sam Claflin).

Casting Scott Eastwood — this generation's answer to Chris Mitchum — as a Civil War veteran haunted by past misdeeds, Roeck aims for an homage to Eastwood Sr.'s revisionist Westerns (think The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, etc.), but the result is pretentious and pointless.

Aidan Quinn stars as a Spanish Civil War veteran who takes a teaching job at an Irish reform school in 1939 and leaps to the defense of boys subjected to inhuman abuse by pitiless Catholic brothers.

He stars in Diablo playing a civil war veteran who begins a journey to rescue his kidnapped Read More →

John Ford was the last candidate imagined to tell the dark tale of a Civil War Veteran who exorcises his demons in violent revenge, but The Searchers inevitably became one of the true treasures of its genre.

John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is a Civil War veteran who is mysteriously transported to the planet Mars that is known to the alien population as Barsoom.

The plot is definitely strange as it transports a Civil War veteran into a war on Mars.

«John Carter» delivers one of its precious few delights shortly after the hero, a Civil War veteran from Virginia, finds himself teleported to Mars.

A young Civil War veteran named Jackson (Scott Eastwood) wakes up to find his beautiful wife kidnapped by a band of ruthless bandits.

In the mid-1890s Jacob V. Brower, Civil War veteran, surveyor, and historian, set out to verify the Missouri's true source.

For data he used a National Institutes of Health — funded database of American Civil War veteran records: an informational treasure trove containing details like height and weight at time of conscription, daily roll calls of the sick and injured, periodic postwar checkups, census data, and, often, death certificates.

Commissioned in 1974 by the International Brigade Association in Scotland (IBASS), who raised the sculptor's # 3,000 fee through an appeal to trade unionists and supporters of the Labour movement in Scotland, it was unveiled by union leader and civil war veteran Jack Jones, who died earlier this year.

Professional bicycle racing was at its peak in the United States when Marshall Walter (Major) Taylor, one of eight children of a Negro Civil War veteran, won the 1899 world championship and the U.S. title a year later.

A 99 - year - old World War II veteran who regretted skipping the chance to meet some of the nation's last Civil War veterans in 1940 is on a mission to visit all 50 states so people who've never met a WWII vet...

There were loads of the guys in RAR, old grey haired guys who were Spanish Civil War veterans who fought Oswald Mosley in the 40s.

Members of Nigerian Civil War Veterans of (1967 — 1970), under the auspicates of Carefirst for the Aged Welfare Development Association of Nigeria, CAWDAN, have called on President...

ALBANY, N.Y. >> A 99 - year - old World War II veteran who regretted skipping the chance to meet some of the nation's last Civil War veterans in 1940 is on a mission to visit all 50 states so people who've never met a WWII vet can finally meet one.

The majority of works in the exhibition will be on loan from private collections, and will comprise important, large - scale paintings from his most memorable themes, including French Money, Vocabulary Lessons, Civil War Veterans, Camel cigarette packs, as well as portraits of his mother - in - law Berdie, his then wife Augusta, and the poet Frank O'Hara.

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They made heavy weather of the task mind, but a 2 - 1 victory ensured Villa's run without a win of four games came to an abrupt end, while it also helped to ease the pressure on the veteran, who caused a civil war within the terraces following his Anfield antics.

President Buhari's insistence that the unity of Nigeria is a sealed issue is a nationalistic wish and is no surprise coming from a veteran of (a) civil war fought to keep the country one.

His grandfather, Pa Ojo Kolade Odugade was a veteran of the mid-19th century Yoruba civil wars who migrated to Ibadan from Iresa where he first settled when he left Offa - Ile.

He left an indelible footprint in the sands of times, having served this country in different capacities as a teacher, civil servants, a Second World War veteran, a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a parliamentarian of note.

In the American Civil War, veterans suffered from «soldier's heart»; in World War I, it was called «shell shock,» and in World War II, the term used was «combat fatigue.»

Written by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (a veteran of Marvel Studios» bygone in - house writers program), Black Panther combines many of the best elements of MCU films past, including: the Shakespearean royal family drama of the Thor movies, the political thriller elements of Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and even the sci - fi tech aspects of the Iron Man films.

SYNOPSIS: In the Old West, former Civil War - veteran John Henry returns to his frontier hometown where he must repair a fractious relationship with his Reverend father, and face the demons of his past when a -LSB-...]

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Bill, meanwhile, who, in an early scene, is saved by Sookie from «drainers» — rogue humans who steal vampires» blood for its notorious sensory - and libido - enhancing properties (and, naturally, its black - market value)-- is eager to settle down in sleepy Bon Temps, and may get the welcome mat if Sookie's kind grandmother (Lois Smith) can get her Civil War society to accept a real (if not technically «alive») veteran of that conflict speaking at one of their functions.

John Carter (PG - 13 for violence and intense action sequences) Screen adaptation of «A Princess of Mars,» Edgar Rice Burroughs» sci - fi novel about a Civil War Confederate veteran (Taylor Kitsch) who is magically transported to Mars where he rescues a desperate damsel in distress (Lynn Collins) while on the run from a horde of 12 - foot tall green creatures.

He's coaxed back to Africa by George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson), an American and veteran of the Civil War who seeks to uncover what he believes is Belgium's introduction of slavery to the Congo.

Captain America: Civil War sees Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) directing a cast that includes Marvel Cinematic Universe veterans Chris Evans (Steve Rogers / Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark / Iron Man), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson / Falcon), Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton / Hawkeye), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch), Paul Bettany (The Vision), Don Cheadle (James Rhondes / War Machine), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang / Ant - Man), Emily VanCamp (Sharon Carter), Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow / Crossbones) and William Hurt (General Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross) alongside new additions Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) as T'Challa / Black Panther, Daniel Bruhl (Rush) as Baron Zemo, Tom Holland (The Impossible) as Peter Parker / Spider - Man and Martin Freeman (Sherlock) as Everett Ross.