This is the seventh installment of my work on America’s incredible scoundrel, Congressman and General Dan Sickles.
Exhaustive reporting in an a subject that is way over my head.
I had to google Stonewall Jackson just to determine he was a Confederate.
I had no idea. Apparently I had him confused with President Andrew Jackson.
I was appointed to a public high school name in honor of Andrew Jackson
in a mostly minority student body in Queens County. Any idea what anyone
would choose that name to honor such a dubious and confusing entity, when
in fact they were two completely different historical figures.
From your telling, it appears that Stonewall was the more noteworthy.
I remember the song "The Battle of New Orleans", and mention of Jackson,
who "fought the bloody British..." and not much else. I now learn that he was impeached,
but retained his office by a narrow margin.
I didn't understand Sickles role in this chapter. I got lost in the woods.
But as you can see, I was interested enough to dig deeper!
Exhaustive reporting in an a subject that is way over my head.
I had to google Stonewall Jackson just to determine he was a Confederate.
I had no idea. Apparently I had him confused with President Andrew Jackson.
I was appointed to a public high school name in honor of Andrew Jackson
in a mostly minority student body in Queens County. Any idea what anyone
would choose that name to honor such a dubious and confusing entity, when
in fact they were two completely different historical figures.
From your telling, it appears that Stonewall was the more noteworthy.
I remember the song "The Battle of New Orleans", and mention of Jackson,
who "fought the bloody British..." and not much else. I now learn that he was impeached,
but retained his office by a narrow margin.
I didn't understand Sickles role in this chapter. I got lost in the woods.
But as you can see, I was interested enough to dig deeper!