I didn't know that Vice President Dick Cheney was a descendant of a Civil War soldier.  Good thing he great-grandfather fought on the Union side.  Can you imagine the controversy that would follow if he fought for the Confederacy and Chaney visited the battlefield?

Cheney drops in on Civil War battlefield in Kennesaw (AccessNorthGA)

KENNESAW - Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise two-hour visit to the Kennesaw Mountain National Battleground Park on Friday.

Arriving at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Cheney attended a reunion of the descendants of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His great-grandfather, Capt. Samuel Fletcher Cheney, had fought with the 21st at the Battle of Kennesaw in June 1864.

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