Helped raise troops in Indiana for at start of Civil War, rose to Major General in Union army fighting (with some controversy) at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Monocacy[?].
... band of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters[?], with the early sound heavily influenced by Kesey's LSD-soaked Trips Festivals[?]. This early period is covered in Tom Wolfe's ...