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2 unusual facts about Erasmus D. Peck


Erasmus D. Peck

He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from April 23, 1870, to March 3, 1873.

Peck was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Truman H. Hoag.


Albion P. Howe

He took command of John J. Peck's 3rd Brigade, (55th New York, 62nd New York, and the 93rd, 98th, and 102nd Pennsylvania regiments) Couch's 1st Division, Keyes's IV Corps during the Seven Days Battles, after Peck was promoted to command of Silas Casey's Division of the same corps.

Campbell, Wisconsin

The town was originally created in 1851, and was officially named after Erasmus D. Campbell, a former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

Cape Canaveral Light

William H. Peck wrote about his meeting with lighthouse keeper Mills Burnham of Cape Canaveral in the Florida Star newspaper in 1887.

George H. Peck

Among his larger real estate transactions were the sale of properties for the Standard Oil (now Chevron) refinery at what became El Segundo and the Army's Fort MacArthur at San Pedro.

James Peck

James H. Peck (1790–1836), American judge in Missouri impeached for abuse of power

John J. Peck

He was placed in command of the 2nd Division, IV Corps during the Seven Days Battles where he again distinguished himself.

John Watts de Peyster, Jr.

After Kearny's death at the Battle of Chantilly, he then joined the 11th New York Cavalry Regiment in June 1862 as a Lieutenant, but was mustered out the same month, and assigned to the 1st New York Light Artillery as a Major and served until 1863 when he joined the staff of General John J. Peck.

Lee's Mill Earthworks

On April 5, 1862, advance units of Union Brigadier General Erasmus D. Keyes' IV Corps, under the command of Union Brigadier General William Farrar Smith, encountered Confederate units commanded by Brigadier General Lafayette McLaws at Lee's Mill.

Luther C. Peck

Born in Farmington, Connecticut in January 1800, Peck completed preparatory studies and taught school in Holley, New York.

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, based on the book of the same name by George W. Peck.

Theodore S. Peck

From 1870 to 1872 Peck served as chief of staff to Governor John Stewart with the rank of colonel.

Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus

Toby Tyler is a "bad boy" novel, meant to teach a lesson what happens to boys who do bad things; other examples include George W. Peck's Peck's Bad Boy (1883), Thomas Bailey Aldrich's The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), and Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

William R. Peck

Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.


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