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telegraph system the company marketed, Shaler had
Watkins arrested for trying to remove certain papers from the premises of the company. This dispute culminated in a trial. The court ruled on April 15, 1885, that Shaler's charge of fraud against Watkins was unfounded, but the general was able to
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hold Culp's Hill. Shaler's brigade usually was in reserve, but units went to the front line to help in resisting
Confederate attacks. About 3:30 that afternoon, Shaler's brigade was sent to the center of the army as a reserve around the time of the repulse of
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Alexander Shaler, a major in the Spanish-American War, was put in charge of building the first subway tunnel through the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. Major Shaler died in 1902 at age 39 two weeks after his back was broken when a
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Arkansas. It most was engaged in occupation of the region and minor skirmishes with Confederate forces. In June 1865, as the war was ending, Shaler cooperated in the efforts of Major General
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retain the shares in the company he had received as compensation for his work as president even after the company sold itself to the
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1867 which helped infirmed vets in good standing and orphans of vets lost during the war find employment as trusted messengers in New York City. Shaler is credited with being a founder of the
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succeeded Couch. Shaler's regiment became part of
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with drilling the regiment well. The regiment left for the front on August 27, 1861. They served in the
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