“Old Blizzards”
Hero of 4 wars – Fought under 3 flags:
I have been to St. Augstine, Florida dozens of times, but exploring the Plaza de la Constitución with my son last week, I stumbled across the memorial to Floridian General W.W. Loring. This site on the St. Augustine town square, is also where he is interred.
Some amazing statistics on Floridian Loring:
- Florida Militia 1st Seminole Indian War
- Texas War for Independence
- 2nd Seminole War
- Florida bar in 1842
- Florida House of Representatives
Loring Pasha as a general in the Khedivate of Egypt - Regiment of Mounted Rifles, Oregon Territory
- Mexican-American War
- Comanches, Apaches, and Kiowas Skirmishes
- Colonel at the age of 38 in December 1856, the youngest in the army.
- American Civil War –
- Army of the Northwest
- Romney Expedition
- Vicksburg Campaign
- Battle of Champion Hill
- Atlanta Champaign
- Hood’s Middle Tennessee Champaign – Battle of Franklin
- Egyptian invasion of Abyssinia – Chief of Staff
- Egyptian Battle of Gura
- Author – Confederate Soldier in Egypt (1884)
“He joined about fifty Union and Confederate veterans who had been recommended to the Khedive by William Tecumseh Sherman.” – more on wikipedia
360º Panorama of Loring Memorial
48 King St, St. Augustine, FL 32084
#loring #civilwar
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