John Murray Corse (April 27, 1835 – April 27, 1893) was an American politician and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was a staff officer during the liberation of the Upper Mississippi, and then served in the front line at Corinth and Vicksburg, being promoted brigadier. He is chiefly remembered for his stubborn defence of the Allatoona Pass (October 1864) against superior numbers, despite being seriously wounded, while Sherman signalled a message which was turned into a popular ballad Hold the fort, for I am coming.
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| - John Murray Corse (April 27, 1835 – April 27, 1893) was an American politician and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was a staff officer during the liberation of the Upper Mississippi, and then served in the front line at Corinth and Vicksburg, being promoted brigadier. He is chiefly remembered for his stubborn defence of the Allatoona Pass (October 1864) against superior numbers, despite being seriously wounded, while Sherman signalled a message which was turned into a popular ballad Hold the fort, for I am coming.
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| - Winchester, Massachusetts
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| - Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa
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| - John M. Corse made this peculiar boast after sustaining a head wound at the Battle of Allatoona in 1864
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| - I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but am able to whip all hell yet.
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| - John Murray Corse (April 27, 1835 – April 27, 1893) was an American politician and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was a staff officer during the liberation of the Upper Mississippi, and then served in the front line at Corinth and Vicksburg, being promoted brigadier. He is chiefly remembered for his stubborn defence of the Allatoona Pass (October 1864) against superior numbers, despite being seriously wounded, while Sherman signalled a message which was turned into a popular ballad Hold the fort, for I am coming.
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