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Alfred Lacey Hough
ALFRED LACEY HOUGH (April 23, 1826 - Apr. 28, 1908) was a Union Army Officer who served as a Colonel on the staff of Major General George H. Thomas during the Civil War. He remained in the Regular ...view moreALFRED LACEY HOUGH (April 23, 1826 - Apr. 28, 1908) was a Union Army Officer who served as a Colonel on the staff of Major General George H. Thomas during the Civil War. He remained in the Regular Army after the war, and rose to Brigadier General.
Born in Juliustown, Burlington County, New Jersey, he enlisted with the “Washington Grays” of the 17th Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1861, but resigned that commission and was made Captain of the 19th U.S. Infantry. He went on to serve in the Army of the Cumberland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia from the period following the Battle of Shiloh in 1862 through to the Battle of Nashville in late 1864. At the conclusion of the war, Hough remained aide-de-camp to Thomas at Louisville and followed him to the Military Division of the Pacific in 1869. A career military man, Hough was elevated to the rank of Colonel and served throughout the Southwest before retiring in 1890.
He passed away in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey in 1908 aged 82.
PROF. ROBERT G. ATHEARN (August 30, 1914 - November 13, 1983) was a Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a recognized authority on the history of the American West. Born in Kremlin, Hill County, Montana, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII. He was awarded the University of Colorado Medal (1982) and the Robert L. Stearns Award (1982) for his work at the University of Colorado. He was also the recipient of the John Caughey Award from the Western History Association. The Robert G. Athearn Lecture Series at the University of Colorado at Boulder hosts talks by academics and other historians on topics of Western history.view less
Books by Alfred Lacey Hough
Soldier in the West: The Civil War Letters of Alfred Lacey Hough