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This book is an enjoyable reference book, which looks at eponymy, the naming of things after people.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...his unjust Practices while he was Chancellour; the King is now at Hanover; ye King of France being married to the daughter of King Stanilaus makes a great noise here; People believe that marriage will make a turn in the affairs of Europe; remember my love to my /Sr_/24--Facsimile of memorandum printed on pages 215-16. Concluded, page 216. I two dear babes; pray do not let Betty forget her grand Papa; so I pray God bless you & my two dear Babes; & send us a joyfull meeti...
Over fifty thousand Connecticut soldiers served in the Union army during the Civil War, yet their stories are nearly forgotten today. Among the regiments that served, at least forty sets of brothers perished from battlefield wounds or disease. Little known is the 16th Connecticut chaplain who, as prisoner of war, boldly disregarded a Rebel commander's order forbidding him to pray aloud for President Lincoln. Then there is the story of the 7th Connecticut private who murdered a fellow soldier in the heat of battle and believed the man's ghost returned to torment him. Seven soldiers from Connecticut tragically drowned two weeks after the war officially ended when their ship collided with another vessel on the Potomac. Join author John Banks as he shines a light on many of these forgotten Connecticut Yankees.
Includes reports, etc., of the Society.