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  1. The Battle of Good's Farm was a short skirmish between the Confederates and the Union in Jackson's Valley Campaign in the American Civil War. During the fighting, Confederate cavalry officer Turner Ashby was killed. As Stonewall Jackson 's army withdrew from the pressure of Major General John C. Frémont 's superior forces, moving from ...

  2. The Bucktails succeeded in emphasizing party loyalty and used it to capture and control many patronage posts throughout New York. Through his use of patronage, loyal newspapers, and connections with local party officials and leaders, Van Buren established what became known as the " Albany Regency ", a political machine that emerged as an important factor in New York politics. [53]

  3. At the State election in April 1820, although Clinton was re-elected Governor, a Bucktails majority was elected to the Assembly, and five of the eight State Senators up for renewal were Bucktails. The 44th New York State Legislature met from November 7 to 20, 1820; and from January 9 to April 3, 1821, at Albany, New York.

  4. In December 1819, the Bucktails circulated a pamphlet, written by Martin Van Buren and William L. Marcy, among the State legislators, now advocating the re-election of Federalist Rufus King. It was assumed that this was a move to get a large part of the disbanding Federalist Party to vote for the Bucktails' candidate for Governor in 1820 , to oust the incumbent Governor DeWitt Clinton .

  5. History of Bucktail State Park Natural Area The Bucktail Regiment. By Rich Adams, Captain, 1st PA Rifles, Company B Bucktails Reenactment Unit. Responding to President Lincoln’s call for volunteer troops to rise to the defense of the Union, following the Confederate bombing of Fort Sumpter, during April 1861, Thomas Leiper Kane began recruiting young men from the northern tier counties of ...

  6. Fishing tackle refers to the physical equipment that is used when fishing, whereas fishing technique refers to the manner in which the tackle is used. The term tackle, with the meaning "apparatus for fishing", has origins in the Netherlands from the late 14th century. [1] Fishing tackle is also called fishing gear.

  7. The issue was pursued further by the Bucktails at the next session, and led to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821, and a new Constitution. On January 8, the Legislature re-elected unanimously Rufus King (Fed.) as U.S. Senator from New York , to fill the vacancy caused by the failure to elect a successor during the previous session.