In the royal household, the term Lord Marshal originally related to the keeping of the King’s horses. But by the 13th century the Lord Marshal in England had come to describe a high-status person, one who was the head of the King’s household troops. A similar elevation in status occur...
The answer was music. Charles joined up as a boy. His service records revealed that he was in his regiment’s band. Charles rose to become a sergeant and bandleader, yet bought himself out of the army at considerable cost to take a job at Chichester Cathedral. The term lay vicar was s...
While Scott continued to urge caution regarding the use of militia troops, in Washington there was a demand that Beauregard should be attacked before the three-month term of the militia’s service expired. “On to Richmond,” the new capital of the Confederacy, was the popular cry. Because ...