A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... Pollock , who had strong ideas about right and wrong and who was an enemy of cards and liquor . A Princeton graduate and for- merly a lawyer , Congressman , judge and Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania , Pollock had only recently been appointed ...
... Pollock , who had strong ideas about right and wrong and who was an enemy of cards and liquor . A Princeton graduate and for- merly a lawyer , Congressman , judge and Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania , Pollock had only recently been appointed ...
Page 87
... Pollock went after that order , sending a design to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton . There is no record that Stanton even replied , and Pollock's discourage- ment at this point may be imagined . He had struck out in every turn at bat ...
... Pollock went after that order , sending a design to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton . There is no record that Stanton even replied , and Pollock's discourage- ment at this point may be imagined . He had struck out in every turn at bat ...
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... ( Pollock to Welles , Sept. 30 , 1862 , NA , RG 104 ) . Hinkle was armed not only with a letter of introduction from Pollock ( Pollock to Stanton , Oct. 7 , 1862 , NA , RG 104 ) but with a letter from Thomas A. Scott , first vice ...
... ( Pollock to Welles , Sept. 30 , 1862 , NA , RG 104 ) . Hinkle was armed not only with a letter of introduction from Pollock ( Pollock to Stanton , Oct. 7 , 1862 , NA , RG 104 ) but with a letter from Thomas A. Scott , first vice ...
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