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Roger Hanson, American general (born 1827)

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Roger Hanson

American politician

Roger Weightman Hanson was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The commander of the famed "Orphan Brigade," he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River. He was nicknamed "Old Flintlock."
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January 4

Day of the year

January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 361 days remain until the end of the year.
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