The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.
Monday, June 17, 2013
April 17, 1862---The Sleeping Sentinel
APRIL 17, 1862:
Private
William Scott, “The Sleeping Sentinel” facing execution but pardoned by Abraham
Lincoln in 1861 for falling asleep on post dies this day of wounds sustained at
the Battle of Lee’s Mill.
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