John Summerfield Staples, Lincoln’s Representative Recruit
Posted by Karen Galle on May 8, 2015 in | Comments Off on John Summerfield Staples, Lincoln’s Representative Recruit As the American Civil War dragged into its fourth year, U.S. government leaders grew increasingly troubled about the shrinking of the Union army. Several reasons for the reduction in the army’s ranks included the number of combat casualties, incapacitation of troops from wounds and illnesses, desertion and the end of the original three-year enlistment period for 1861 in which recruits played a...read more