Henry W. Slocum

[Jim Klag]

September 24, 1827 - Henry Warner Slocum, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Pompey, New York (d. 1894)

Henry W. Slocum

Biography Henrof Civil War Union General Warner Slocum

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[Jim Klag]

Henry Warner Slocum, Biography, Significance, General, Civil War

Early Life Henry Warner Slocum was born on September 24, 1827, in Delphi Falls, New York, approximately twenty-five miles southeast of Syracuse. He was the sixth of eleven children born to Matthew Barnard Slocum and Mary Ostrander Slocum. Matthew Slocum, a native of Marietta, Ohio, operated a...

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[jgoodguy]

"Slow Come" Slocum

 

[Jim Klag]

"Slow Come" Slocum

Cool nickname, but from what I've read, he wasn't all that slow except briefly on day one at Gettysburg. Before and after Gettysburg Slocum was a quite competent commander.

 

[jgoodguy]

Cool nickname, but from what I've read, he wasn't all that slow except briefly on day one at Gettysburg. Before and after Gettysburg Slocum was a quite competent commander.

All it takes is one bad day to get a embarrassing nickname.

 

[Jim Klag]

All it takes is one bad day to get a embarrassing nickname.

How true.

 

[jgoodguy]

How true.

Until his winning streak started, Lee was known as Granny Lee at first and later King of Spades.