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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Murder! A Shock to the Entire Country - Edward R.S. Canby (1873)

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A soldier for three and a half decades, Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (1813-1873) was the only full rank Regular Army general to die in hos...
Monday, October 28, 2013

A One of a Kind General Dies in a Military Disaster -- Richard Butler (1791)

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One of the Five Butler Brothers - four of whom served as officers in the American Revolution, and three of the surviving four then servin...
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Friday, October 25, 2013

Heroic Cherokee Warrior - Ernest E. Evans (October 25, 1944)

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“In no engagement of its entire history has the United States Navy shown more gallantry, guts and gumption than in those two morning hour...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Fighting Admiral of Guadalcanal - Daniel Judson Callaghan (1942)

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  Of the five American admirals lost during World War II – the only war in which we lost any – two were killed in action in the same des...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The First to Die On Foreign Soil - Richard Montgomery (1775)

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By the outbreak of the Revolution, Irish-born Richard Montgomery (1738-1775) had already enjoyed a distinguished career as a professiona...
Monday, October 21, 2013

The Greatest of All Fallen Stars - Albert Sidney Johnston (1862)

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When war seemed inevitable Army Commander-in-Chief General Winfield Scott, 75, knew that he would not be able to lead the Union forces. T...
Friday, October 18, 2013

“I Came to France to Fight”- Henry Root Hill (1918)

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  Henry Root Hill’s (1876-1918) path to a general’s death was truly unique. A bachelor and furniture dealer from Quincy , Illinois , h...
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