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[[U.S. Defense Department Survey on Gays in Military: July 7, 2010]] | [[U.S. Defense Department Survey on Gays in Military: July 7, 2010]] | ||
:On July 7, 2010 the U.S. Defense Department sent out to 400,000 service members a survey asking about gay men and lesbians in the military. | :On July 7, 2010 the U.S. Defense Department sent out to 400,000 service members a survey asking about gay men and lesbians in the military. | ||
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| + | Walt Whitman publishes ''Drum-Taps'' and ''Sequel'' (Washington, D.C.). Begins relationship with Peter Doyle, an eighteen-year old Confederate horse-car conductor, in Washington. | ||
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| + | Walt Whitman begins printing series of Civil War poems titled ''Drum-Taps'' (New York), but suspends printing to add a sequel commemorating Lincoln. | ||
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| + | ==1863–1864, June== | ||
| + | Walt Whitman moves to Washington, D.C.; visits and comforts wounded soldiers in military hospitals and supports himself as part-time clerk in Army Paymaster's Office. | ||
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| + | ==1862, December== | ||
| + | Walt Whitman goes to Virginia where he learns that his brother George has been wounded at Fredricksburg; remains in camp two weeks. | ||
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| + | The Civil War begins; Walt Whitman's brother George enlists. Walt Whitman writes freelance journalism; visits the sick and injured at New York Hospital. | ||
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[[Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens: 1779-1783]] | [[Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens: 1779-1783]] | ||
:The letters of American revolutionary soldier Alexander Hamilton to John Lauren contain repeated expressions of love. | :The letters of American revolutionary soldier Alexander Hamilton to John Lauren contain repeated expressions of love. | ||
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| + | ==1778, March 14== | ||
| + | [[American Revolutionary Army: "attempting to commit sodomy", March 14, 1778]] | ||
| + | :George Washington's general orders report the court-martial of Lieutenant Frederick Gotthold Enslin for attempted sodomy | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:22, 11 November 2010
A chronological list of data on LGBT people and the U.S. military
2010, November 11
O'Keefe, Ed, and Greg Jaffe. "Sources: Pentagon group finds there is minimal risk to lifting gay ban during war." Washington Post, Thursday, November 11, 2010; 12:47 AM
- A Pentagon study group has concluded that the military can lift the ban on gays serving openly in uniform with only minimal and isolated incidents of risk to the current war efforts, according to two people familiar with a draft of the report, which is due to President Obama on Dec. 1. Accessed on November 11, 2010 from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/10/AR2010111007381.html
2010, July 7
U.S. Defense Department Survey on Gays in Military: July 7, 2010
- On July 7, 2010 the U.S. Defense Department sent out to 400,000 service members a survey asking about gay men and lesbians in the military.
1865, October
Walt Whitman publishes Drum-Taps and Sequel (Washington, D.C.). Begins relationship with Peter Doyle, an eighteen-year old Confederate horse-car conductor, in Washington.
1865, May
Walt Whitman begins printing series of Civil War poems titled Drum-Taps (New York), but suspends printing to add a sequel commemorating Lincoln.
1863–1864, June
Walt Whitman moves to Washington, D.C.; visits and comforts wounded soldiers in military hospitals and supports himself as part-time clerk in Army Paymaster's Office.
1862, December
Walt Whitman goes to Virginia where he learns that his brother George has been wounded at Fredricksburg; remains in camp two weeks.
1861, April 12
The Civil War begins; Walt Whitman's brother George enlists. Walt Whitman writes freelance journalism; visits the sick and injured at New York Hospital.
1804-1810
Biddle's "Men Dressed in Squars Clothes", 1804-10
- From the journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
1779-1783
Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens: 1779-1783
- The letters of American revolutionary soldier Alexander Hamilton to John Lauren contain repeated expressions of love.
1778, March 14
American Revolutionary Army: "attempting to commit sodomy", March 14, 1778
- George Washington's general orders report the court-martial of Lieutenant Frederick Gotthold Enslin for attempted sodomy
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