Rutherford B. Hayes
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an American military officer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
Portrait, c. 1870–1880
Rutherford and Lucy Hayes on their wedding day
Hayes in Civil War uniform in 1861
George Crook was Hayes's commander and the namesake of his fourth son
Battle of South Mountain
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The Battle of South Mountain, known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps.
Union Corps under General Franklin attacking Confederate troops at Crampton's gap, Harper's Weekly Oct 25 1862.
Northern field of battle
Confederate dead at Fox's Gap