Sentences with phrase «civil war generals»

Major streets bear the names of Civil War generals, with cross streets named after Spanish - American War admirals.

Hosting many important people like John D Rockefeller, President James Garfield including a host of Civil war generals and Cleveland dignitaries, the tombs and landscapes all blended in effortlessly with beautiful vistas, lakes and botanical gardens that you can walk or drive through if you are in a hurry.

Studies indicated that they were all healthy compared to our Civil War generals.

Leaders at the cathedral have announced plans to remove images of Confederate battle flags shown in large stained glass displays that honor Civil War generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee, both of whom led Confederate forces.

Planned removal of a statue of Civil War General Robert E. Lee sparked protests by white supremacists, which in turn inspired counter protests.

Yesterday, Angus T. Jones — who is actually the famed «half» in the frustratingly popular Two and a Half Men sitcom and not, as his name would suggest, a Civil War general — made...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, both Democrats, say the Lee Barracks at West Point should no longer bear the Civil War general's name.

The Times Herald - Record of Middletown reports U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, both Democrats, say the Lee Barracks at West Point should no longer bear the Civil War general's name.

Established in 1778, the Office of the Secretary of State is a historically distinguished position that has been held by some of New York's most esteemed public servants, beginning with Revolutionary War General John Scotts, to John Adams Dix, who served as U.S. Treasury Secretary, a Civil War General, and the 24th Governor of New York.

Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, a Civil War general nicknamed «Old Stars,» first used «island universe» in his monthly astronomy magazine.

The film becomes a mystery as to whether one of the patrons really is there to break out Domergue or when Jackson is going to get to go crazy on the old vicious Civil War General, General Sandy Smithers (Bruce Dern).

To paraphrase Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, «War is all hell, boys,» and Gibson certainly gives us his own private slice of Hades with these often repellent scenes of blinding, acrid smoke, bomb craters, fatal bullet wounds, bayonet attacks, grenade explosions, artillery bursts and horrid flame - thrower deaths among the mostly constantly - charging Nipponese soldiers.

Jones is having hallucinations of a Civil War general advising him (these sequences are handled terribly) and they move the story more than any thought processes.

Frank Owen, the pitcher for the 1906 World Series Champion Chicago White Sox, is known for having roots in the region, as so is Civil War general and U.S. Congressman Byron M. Cutcheon.

An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens.

Lodge's ancestors included six U.S. senators, a secretary of state, a Civil War general, and a governor of Massachusetts.

Rawlins was founded by Civil War General John A. Rawlins in 1882 and oil drove the local economy for much of its early history.

The American civil war general U.S. Grant was successful because of his ability to assess the current battle situation and then «act» and «execute» his plan at the right time.

The city was named after a Civil War General, Walter Q. Gresham and was incorporated in 1905.

(Douglas was provided with a private train, through his friend, Illinois Central vice-president and future Civil War general George McClellan.)

Its namesake is David Allen Russell, a Civil War general killed at the Battle of Opequon, September 19, 1864.

Rawlins was founded by Civil War General John A. Rawlins in 1882 and oil drove the local economy for much of its early history.

Canby is named after Civil War General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, who founded the town before he was killed in a battle against the indigenous Modoc population.

The ceiling and beams in a second guest room are reclaimed oak, and the bed by Room & Board has a custom - made headboard; an antique armchair, which belonged to Holland's grandmother, is covered in a wool by Holland & Sherry, and the portrait of a Civil War general was found in North Carolina.

Not exact matches

Both generals would earn historical prestige leading their respective armies against each other during the American Civil War, but they weren't always enemies.

As Dale Carnegie noted in his biography of the 16th president, «Lincoln the Unknown,» Lincoln once drafted a stern rebuke of General George Meade, who'd disobeyed Lincoln's orders during the Civil War.

During the Civil War, President Lincoln rewarded Grant with a promotion to lieutenant general and made him general - in - chief of the armies.

As an example, Carnegie cites a letter Lincoln wrote to a general who disobeyed his orders during the Civil War.

The 1947 — 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine lasted from 30 November 1947, the date of the United Nations General Assembly vote for the Part ition Plan for Palestine, [3] to the termination of the British Mandate itself on 14 May 1948.

, destroy several places that are the only locations hudreds of thousands of women can get a general health and wellness check - up done, single out and destroy the civil liberties of a minority group of people in America, oh and start a new war.

The revolution contributes many names to the patriotic platform: Madero, whose challenge to the Diaz dictatorship triggered the civil war; those generals, Zapata and Villa, whose exploits are now so romanticized; and those who led the transition to peace and established a stable government — Carranza and Obregón.

Ingersoll was many things, such as a Union officer in the Civil War, the attorney general of Illinois, one of the great orators of his time (his «Plumed Knight» speech, in which he nominated James G. Blaine at the 1876 Republican convention, is one of the great political speeches of its time), Republican political leader, attorney, and atheist.

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But since William Hurt's General «Thunderbolt» Ross showed up in Civil War, this movie must be considered fair game, not that it matters much either way.

If this speculation has any validity, the dramatic change in attitudes toward the right to die may be part of a more general drift since World War II toward greater tolerance, as evidenced by an increase in respect for the civil liberties of «deviants» of both the «left» and the «right.»

Well, during our Civil War they told Lincoln that Grant was a drunkard, and Lincoln answered that he wished he knew what kind of liquor Grant drank, that he might get some for his other generals.

Landis's father, Abraham H. Landis, was a surgeon attached to the 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment that marched through Georgia with General William Tecumseh Sherman in the climactic battles of the Civil War.

The Meigs family was split during the Civil War, with the brothers becoming quartermaster generals on opposing sides.

«Remember, General Shuwa fought for the survival of this country during the civil war.

Clearly he was an early and avid supporter of Barack Obama, but interspersing the 2008 presidential election with in - depth studies of Montgomery Meigs, the Quartermaster General of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War, leaves the reader perplexed and thirsting for more, which is not provided.

The video is a rap - spoof of a media interview with «General Baxter, representing AFRICOM», probably a play on the American Union Army General Henry Baxter (1821 — 1873) who fought during the American Civil War.

A humble man who knew success and failure, he was the outstanding Union general of the Civil War.

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has warned that Nigeria is on the verge of another Civil War following the...

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has warned that Nigeria is on the verge of another Civil War following the yet - to - be addressed incessant killings of other Nigerians by herdsmen.

In lieu of a concrete law or a tidied up Amendment, the government can slip around the sides of Section 4, Article 14 regardless of whether constitutional scholars consider the section specific to the Civil War and future insurrections (that bothersome but neither conjunction) or general to all public debt.

Since the Civil War, all states have chosen electors according to popular vote, but ballot access rules (for the general...

When asked to adopt the leadership of the SNP following the resignation of John Swinney in 2004, Salmond quoted union army general William Sherman, who, on being asked to run for president following the American Civil War, declared: «If nominated I'll decline.

Labour has been seized by civil war since Britain voted to leave the EU, with MPs convinced Mr Corbyn would be trounced at a general election seeking to topple him.

Mr McDonnell also welcomed a proposal by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey that the union could broker a peace deal between the leader and his rebel MPs to avoid «civil war» in the party.

Historically, The Guinea - Bissau Civil War, which was fought from 7 June 1998 to 10 May 1999 and was ostensibly triggered by an attempted coup led by General Ansumane Mane against the government of President Vieira.