What is your idea of an American hero from the 1800's?

Question

It can be like any kind of person from American history during the 1880's.

It can, if neccessary, be from the late 1700's.

Answer 1

My hero is definitely my distant ancestor, George F. McFarland. George was a soldier in the American Civil War from 1862-63. He was the Lieutenant Colonel of the 151st Pennsylvania Voluntary Infantry. He led his life very well. All through his life, he never drank a drop of alcohol and never smoked an ounce of tobacco. He was a very moral person, he was religious, read the Bible a lot, and believed in cleanliness, and always believed in strong discipline. George led his regiment through the Battle of Chancellorsville and soon after, the Battle of Gettysburg. At Gettysburg, while leading the 151st Pennsylvania in a charge, he was hit badly in both of his legs by rebel bullets. He was quickly taken to a hospital, and cheated death even more when a rouge cannonball flew through his room window, but fortunatly didn't explode. This whole time, George kept very calm and didn't worry about anything. George survived the war, but because of his deadly wounds at Gettysburg, his left leg was amputated and he lost the use of his right leg. From that point on, he had to hobble about on crutches. Many years after the war, his health failed, so his wife took him down to Tallapoosa, Georgia to try to heal him up. Unfortunatly, McFarland never recovered and died in 1891. He had 3 children throughout his facsinating life. Due to his valience in the war, his son Horace was inspired to later become one of the founders of the National Park Service. So, my hero will forever be the great Lieutenant Colonel George Fisher McFarland.

P.S. McFarland is the man in my picture thingy.

Answer 2

In the 1880s? The only heroes from then are probably cowboys. Wyatt Earp....Bat Masterson.
Is you went earlier in the 1800s...like pre-civil war, i would have said Andrew Jackson, or Davy Crockette.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

My idea of an American hero (and I am not an American) is:
(General) Philip Sheridan. Born in Ireland in 1831, his parents moved to the U.S. when he was a child. He was educated in a one-room schoolhouse. Suspended for one year for assaulting his West Point drill instructor, he did graduate at the bottom of his class in 1853.
TO cut a long story short, he was the Union's top calvary general, and after the U.S. Civil War, he wrote his memoirs (published in 1888) by sticking to a strict schedule after he was diagnosed with heart disease. Philip Sheridan died in August, 1888.

Answer 5

Chief Joseph

Answer 6

Andrew Jackson. The orginal self-made man and American success stroy.

Answer 7

Abraham Lincoln. His childhood was something else. He seemed to be a very good person who was willing to do many things that were difficult but right.