Meet the "Jack of Clubs": He Started the War as a Teamster & Ended as a Captain.
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Wagon drivers, known as teamsters in Civil War vernacular, occupied the lowest rung of the army command ladder. Still, such men could advance, if they were driven and talented. Here's one of them—Benjamin B. Hopkins. His comrades thought he looked like a picture on a playing card.
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