The Democratic Party chose for its presidential candidate a hero of the Civil War -- General Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Benjamin was a lawyer. He had been a General in the Union Army during America's Civil War of the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Confederate General Robert E.Lee saw it as a sign of weakness in the northern war effort.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

General Taylor and his men never lost a battle in the Mexican War.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

During the Civil War, the general had been a great hero.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

The commission has numerous logistical obstacles to overcome to hold a general election in a country recovering from war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Forrest! Now, when I was a baby, Mama named me afterthe great Civil War hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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