Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Kearny” in page 255 of John D. Billings, Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life:
...r conspicuously on the front of their caps a round piece of red cloth to designate them.
This became generally known as the Kearny Patch.
I think General Townsend is incorrect in saying that Kearny issued orders immediately on reaching camp for all officers and men to wear the patch; first, because the testimony of officers of the old Third Corps to-day is that the order was first directed to ...
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† | Philip Kearny | 568 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 0 user votes | |
Kearny | 305 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
P. Kearny | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Phil Kearny | 81 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
S. W. Kearny | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Stephen Watts Kearny | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Stephen W. Kearny | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Stephen Kearny | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
E. Kearny | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Hugh M. Kearny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Lawrence Kearny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Michael Kearny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
P. F. Kearny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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