http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/preview-ted-alexanders-antietam-and-the-nps-on-hispanics-in-the-acw/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/preview-ted-alexanders-antietam-and-the-nps-on-hispanics-in-the-acw/#comment-20241 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:50:32 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9995#comment-20241 I wonder if being born is Spain help keep Meade in command of the AOP? Lincoln would not have to worry about a possible contender.

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/preview-ted-alexanders-antietam-and-the-nps-on-hispanics-in-the-acw/#comment-20240 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:42:24 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9995#comment-20240 Yes, but he was born in Spain. Not sure what the rules were, but if they were the same as here, that makes him Spanish (and a US citizen), no? Could he have competed for Spain in the Olympics, if they had had the Olympics back then?

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/preview-ted-alexanders-antietam-and-the-nps-on-hispanics-in-the-acw/#comment-20238 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:51:31 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9995#comment-20238 The contemporary accounts of Meade that I’ve read always hasten to point out that he was born in Spain, but of American parents.

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