Trivia 10-28-2020 Always Late

[ami]

QUESTION: Who was nicknamed "Tardy George"

credit: @hughes

 

[Seduzal]

George Sykes

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiwybHpotfsAhXKTd8KHVP5AW4QFjACegQIBhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGeorge_Sykes&usg=AOvVaw3g7qlJ_jjVxxntj2IhaBxH

 

[ErnieMac]

U.S. Army Major General George Sykes (aka "Slow Trot").

George Sykes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[stuart1861]

George Sykes

 

[Brenal]

George Sykes.

 

[streetwiseprof]

Major General George Sykes.

 

[JOHN42768]

George Sykes (October 9, 1822 – February 8, 1880)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sykes

 

[DBF]

George Sykes (1822–1880)
https://www.thoughtco.com/major-general-george-sykes-2360428

 

[Stone in the wall]

"Tardy George" was a poem written by George H Boker about George McClellan

 

[Pollaco]

GEORGE SYKES was known in the army as "Tardy George",

 

[Ole Miss]

George Sykes
Regards
David

 

[FarawayFriend]

I would have thought that might be "Little Mac", George McClellan, but no!

"Tardy George"

Nickname...USA General George Sykes

"Tardy George" was General George Sykes who earned that nickname already while he was still a cadet at the US Military Academy. Another nickname of his was "Slow Trot Sykes".

George Sykes (1822-1880)

 

[warbird43]

MG George Sykes. He acquired the nickname "Tardy George" (and another as well, "Slow Trot") during the time he was a cadet at the USMA.

 

[James N.]

Maj. Gen. George Sykes, commander of the Union Fifth corps at Gettysburg

 

[Kurt G]

Union General George Sykes.

 

[WJC]

QUESTION: Who was nicknamed "Tardy George"

credit: @hughes

George Sykes (1822-1880), earned the nicknames "Tardy George" and "Slow Trot" Sykes while at West Point.
Some called George B. Mcclellan (1826-1885) "Tardy George" as well. He was even the subject of a derisive poem, "Tardy George", written by George Henry Boker (1823-1890).
Source "George Sykes", Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sykes
Source: George Henry Sykes, Tardy George. http://users.civilwarpoetry.org/union/officers/mcclellan/george.html

 

[captaindrew]

George McClellan

 

[kholland]

George McClellan

 

[sarladaise]

There were two Generals who were nicknamed "Tardy George":
George B. McClellan
George Sykes

Lincoln as Commander in Chief

A self-taught strategist with no combat experience, Abraham Lincoln saw the path to victory more clearly than his generals

www.smithsonianmag.com

https://www.civilwartalk.com/threads/tardy-george.3142/#post-31288

 

[connecticut yankee]

George B. McClell....---err---only kidding! "Tardy George" was General George Sykes.