Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals

Name: Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals
Author: William H. Armstrong

by William H. Armstrong, Jacob G. Frick, Henry Morford

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Probable author is Henry Morford; variously attributed also to William H. Armstrong or Col. Jacob G. Frick.

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Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by D. Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2007-11-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Army of the Potomac E456

About the authors

William H. Armstrong

1824–1919

A Pennsylvania lawyer and public servant, he spent decades shaping civic life in Williamsport before serving a term in the U.S. House of Representatives. His long career also included work on railroads, public utilities, and local institutions.

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Jacob G. Frick

A Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient, he is remembered for seizing and recapturing his regiment’s colors under heavy fire in two of the war’s fiercest battles. His story brings together battlefield courage, local Pennsylvania roots, and a life that stretched from the 1830s into the early 20th century.

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Henry Morford

1823–1881

A prolific 19th-century American man of letters, he moved easily between poetry, fiction, journalism, and editing. His career stretched from small-town New Jersey newspapers to New York literary magazines, and even included a sequel to Charles Dickens's unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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