參加1812年戰爭的士兵有一位叫作薩慕爾‧威爾遜，也是山姆大叔名字的由來，在戰時補給食物給前線士兵

出處: Powell, William Henry. "Battle of Lake Erie, by Powell, in the Capitol at Washington." Copyright 1902. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880 - 1920, 1880-1920, Library of Congress.