Martin Schenck
Autor von Up Came Hill: Story of the Light Division and Its Leaders
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Martin Schenck was born November 2, 1912, in Albany, New York, the descendant of early Dutch settlers. He received his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1934 and law degree from Albany Law School in 1937. He practiced law in Albany until 1943, when he entered military service. He rose from the rank of mehr anzeigen private in the infantry (78th Division) to captain and was assigned to the General Staff in the Pentagon while graduating from the Armored Course at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. After the war, Judge Schenck took up the study of the Civil War. This resulted in numerous visits to battlefields and a deep study of the Official Records and other sources. A. P. Hill impressed Schenck as being a great and colorful figure whose career had been largely overlooked by writers, and his induced him to undertake the research and writing which resulted in this book. Schenck is now a prominent jurist. Mrs. Schenck is the former Barbara Archbald of Albany; she shares in the author's interest, research, and trips to the Civil War locale. weniger anzeigen
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