December 2, 2011

historical-nonfiction: During the Black Hawk War, Abe Lincoln was leading 20 men through a field when he saw they’d need to pass through a narrow gate. “I could not, for the life of me, remember the proper word of command for getting my company endwise, so that it could pass through the gate,” he later recalled. “So, as we came near, I shouted, ‘Halt! this company is dismissed for two minutes, when it will fall in again on the other side of the gate.’”

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During the Black Hawk War, Abe Lincoln was leading 20 men through a field when he saw they’d need to pass through a narrow gate.

“I could not, for the life of me, remember the proper word of command for getting my company endwise, so that it could pass through the gate,” he later recalled.

“So, as we came near, I shouted, ‘Halt! this company is dismissed for two minutes, when it will fall in again on the other side of the gate.’”

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    I heard this originally as having to get over a fence, but whatever. Still a funny story.
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    way more amusing than I think
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