Tag: Rutherford B. Hayes

  • Presidential Material: Civil War Candidates From McClellan to McKinley

    Editor’s Note: This article is a guest post by Greg Quinion.  Greg has submitted several other articles for TOCWOC in the past, including a series on General Phil Kearny.  Greg’s piece on this Election Day focuses appropriately enough on Civil War soldiers who went on to become presidential candidates, and for more than a few, […]

  • Short Takes

    Did you know that US president and Union Civil War general Rutherford B. Hayes is a national hero in … Paraguay? Forget Lincoln or Washington. Hayes – a one-term U.S. president who is undistinguished at home – has a holiday, a province, a town, a museum and a soccer team all named in his honor, […]