A LACKLUSTER CLERKFROM GALENA, ILLINOIS, A FAILURE IN EVERYTHINGEXCEPT MARRIAGE AND WAR,...

A LACKLUSTER CLERK
FROM GALENA, ILLINOIS, A FAILURE IN EVERYTHING
EXCEPT MARRIAGE AND WAR, WHO, IN 3 YEARS, WOULD
BE HEAD OF THE UNION ARMY AND IN 7, PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES; AN ECCENTRIC STUDENT OF
THEOLOGY AND MILITARY TACTICS, A HYPOCHONDRIAC WHO RODE INTO BATTLE
WITH ONE HAND RAISED "TO KEEP," HE SAID,
"THE BLOOD BALANCED;" A COLLEGE PROFESSOR
FROM MAINE, WHO, ON A LITTLE HILL
IN PENNSYLVANIA, ORDERED AN UNLIKELY
TEXTBOOK MANEUVER THAT SAVED THE UNION ARMY AND POSSIBLY
THE UNION ITSELF