Disunion: Lieutenant Ingraham’s Short ‘Commish’
Ingraham’s family’s experience with poverty seems to have led Ingraham to dream big. He yearned desperately to be an officer. His desire for a lieutenant’s commission — or a “commish,” as he once called it — underscored many of his letters.
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