trivia question

[Steve Hedgpeth]

Trivia question:

Soon after the Battle of Gettysburg, Gen. Alexander Hays wrote angrily to his wife, "Everybody wants glory, and to obtain it cheat honest men out of their rights. I send you a clipping from the 'Tribune' of July 6th. I was the only one of the name in the fight of the 3rd, and there is no mistake of who is who."

To whom was he referring?

 

[godofredus]

William Hays see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hays_(general)

See http://books.google.com/books?id=ie...Q&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=Tribune&f=false

p. 121
Alexander "Fighting Elleck" Hays: The Life of a Civil War General, from West ...
By Wayne Mahood

By the way, thank you very much for this question. I never heard of Alexander Hays, and he is quite the guy.

 

[Steve Hedgpeth]

godofredus:
Thank you. I'd never heard of William Hays until I began to research Alexander Hays for one of the mini-bios in my recently published e-Book, "What They Did There: Profiles From the Battle of Gettysburg."