The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Monday, July 4, 2022

Ten Civil War Generals Who Were Famous for Something Else-- Part 2

6.  James A. Garfield  (Union)--  20th President of United States.  Defeated fellow Union General  Winfield Scott Hancock in 1880 election.  Shot while in office.  Died at hands of his physicians.

5.  John C. Breckenridge  (Confederate)--  Vice President of U.S. before the war.

4.  George B. McClellan (Union)--  Lost to Abraham Lincoln for president in 1864.  Governor of New Jersey after the war.

3.  Stand Watie  (Confederate)--  Last Confederate general to surrender.  Was a Cherokee Indian.

2.  George Crook  (Union)--  Made quite a name for himself after the war fighting Indians out West.  Involved with Custer's Last Stand and fighting Geronimo.

1.  Leonidas Polk  (Confederate)--  Episcopal priest and bishop.  Killed in the Atlanta Campaign.

--Old Secesh


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