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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Luke Skywalker: Civil War Hero?-- Part 1: A Link with Howard Bass Cushing

From the Dec. 24, 2015, Chicago Tribune by Meg Jones.

"Luke Skywalker, the swash-buckling, light saber-rattling hero of George Lucas' imagination, could be based on a Civil War hero born in Milwaukee.

"Emphasis on 'could.'

"Some 'Star Wars' fans will likely scoff at the idea that Darth Vader's son was inspired by a soldier who lost his father at an young age and left home to wage war in a land far, far away.

"But an amateur historian and Civil War buff from Milwaukee thinks he can draw a fairly straight  line from Howard Bass Cushing to the hero of the blockbuster franchise."

Whose Father?  --Old Secesh

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