Martin Van Buren Bates known as the Kentucky Giant, was an American man famous for his great height. He was 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) tall and weighed 475 lb (215 kg).
opposing Union troops, who referred to the Confederate giant as a man large enough to make five men, with the fight of 50. He and his unit saw action throughout the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, distinguishing himself enough to be made a Captain.
It was at one of the numerous battles at the Cumberland Gap that he was wounded and captured, then sent off to be imprisoned at Camp Chase in Ohio. He didn’t stay there for long, as he managed to escape and make his way back to his unit to fight another day.
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Martin Van Buren Bates known as the Kentucky Giant, was an American man famous for his great height. He was 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) tall and weighed 475 lb (215 kg).
opposing Union troops, who referred to the Confederate giant as a man large enough to make five men, with the fight of 50. He and his unit saw action throughout the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, distinguishing himself enough to be made a Captain.
It was at one of the numerous battles at the Cumberland Gap that he was wounded and captured, then sent off to be imprisoned at Camp Chase in Ohio. He didn’t stay there for long, as he managed to escape and make his way back to his unit to fight another day.
Um excuse me prepositions are not for ending sentences with.