Well, We Already Know He’s A Great Shot …
September 2, 2008 at 5:39 pm
… so we hope they hand him a rifle again.
Via Instapundit/Knoxville News we learn:
Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to be the guest of honor for the 145th-anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Chickamauga, a campaign in which his great-grandfather fought with the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
The event will take place on 1,000 acres near the actual battlefield on Sept. 19-21, marking the 1863 battle that was second only to the Battle of Gettysburg in numbers of casualties.
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Cheney’s great-grandfather was Capt. Sam Fletcher Cheney, born in Boscawen in Merrimack County, N.H., in 1829. He was an aide-de-camp to Col. William Sirwell, commander of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division of the XIV Corps.Hooper said that as far as he can determine, Dick Cheney’s participation in the ceremony marks the first time a sitting vice president has attended a Civil War re-enactment.
Of course, if tough guy Dick Cheney were around during the Civil War, it wouldn’t have been called Bull Run. They’d have called it Run Bull!
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