... Pleasonton is not and never will be that.” One of the general's most notable faults was his never-ending quest for publicity. Adams called him “pure and simple a newspaper humbug.” 36 But Pleasonton had his supporters too—many in high ...
... Pleasonton to Starr , Nov. 16 , 1855 ; Pleasonton to Cady , commanding battalion , Sixth Infantry , Missouri River above Fort Pierre , Dec. 3 , 1855 ; Pleasonton to Capt . Henry W. Wessells , commanding battalion , Second Infantry ...
... PLEASONTON According to Lt. Frank Haskell , an aide - de - camp in the Second Corps , Alfred Pleasonton , the leader of the Army of the Potomac's cavalry force , was a man of the world , " a nice little dandy ... with an unsteady eye ...
... Pleasonton did not shy from catching Stuart - not at first , at any rate . On the morning of the eleventh he rushed north to Hagerstown , then , for unknown reasons , he turned west toward Clear Spring , all the while promising ...
... Pleasonton's narcissism was not lost on others. George Meade thought Pleasonton's vanity overwhelming while Lieutenant Frank Haskell called him "a nice little dandy." He was cordial and capable of making polite conversation and would ...
... Pleasonton was selected by General Harney as his adjutant- general on an expedition to remove the Seminole Indians from Florida . The winter was spent in a hard and severe campaign against these Indians in the swamps and everglades ...
... Pleasonton and his horsemen. William Scott's 4th Iowa Cavalry had just arrived at Independence after the epic march across Missouri. Pleasonton was already driving Marmaduke through the streets of town when Colonel Winslow reported ...
... Pleasonton.20 Born in Washington, DC, in 1824, Alfred Pleasonton grew up in the house of a minor celebrity in the State Department. Alfred's father, Stephen Plea- sonton, saved the original copies of the Declaration of Independence ...
... Pleasonton's pickets to that point . The movements appear to be a feint . I saw cavalry and two pieces of light artillery . Should not estimate the force large . General Pleasonton is supported by Patrick's brigade and one regiment of ...
... Pleasonton , deceased . Appeal by John Cad- account as trustee under the will of Elizawalader , executor of Elizabeth Hoge Pleas- beth Pleasonton , in which it debited itself onton La Mothe , substituted appellant , from with all the ...