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Back to EpisodesBG Henry Naglee: Civil War Hero, Famed Vintner, Scoundrel
Episode 408
Published 1 year, 3 months ago
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ABC:LHS #076-5 Henry Naglee...
...was a West Point graduate who fought in Mexico, the West, and the Civil War. He took a liking to the West Coast and built the first permanent commercial structure in San Francisco, installed vineyards that produced the finest brandy in the country, and is namesake for the Naglee Park section of San Jose. But he was a scoundrel with women, one of whom repaid him by publishing his love letters and his self-portrait of doing naked pushups on his bathtub. General Naglee is interred in the South segment of Laurel Hill East.