The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, isa nonprofit organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered inIndianapolis, Indiana. It is made up of state, U.S. territory, and overseas departments, and these are in turn made up of local posts. ... It is active in issue-oriented U...
When we reached the enemy’s works on San Juan Hill our organizations were very badly mixed, few company commanders having their whole companies or none of some body else’s company. As it was, Capt. Watson, my troop commander, reached the crest of the hill with about eight or ten men...
44 Lincoln the Commander, American Legion Memorial Day Address, Rye, NY, May 26, 1997. 45 The Union Image (with Mark E. Neely, Jr.), Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College, June 30, 1997. 46 The Image of Jefferson Davis as Commander-in-Chief, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College,...
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He then reflects upon the desperate exhaustion of both armies in Virginia in the spring of 1865, a sort of fatalistic apathy that affected the commanders and troops on both sides. The numbing the soldiers felt was no less possible for civilians, then and now. BOOK REVIEWS173 No matter how ...