AUGUST 19 At the lower end of the Grand Canyon, Major John Wesley Powell's expedition safely emerges. Powell consequently becomes head of the U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey in the following year.
... 46, 51-52, 54 Wexler, Harry, 137 Weyland, Otto P., 179, 191 Wheeler, Richard V., 183 Wheless, Hewitt T., 65 Wherley, ... Jr., 142 Timberlake, EdwardJ., 191 Tinker, Clarence L., 68, 76, 78 Todd, Townsend F., 14 Tomsett, Warren P., ...
Izard updates his affairs by noting that Commodore McDonough has requested 250 soldiers to assist his fleet and Brigadier General Macomb has been ordered to comply. The Americans would also advance to Rouse's Point to disperse the enemy ...
BIBLIOGRAPHY Barr, Ronald J., The Progressive Army: U.S. Army Command and Administration, 1870–1914, 1998; McDonough, James L., John M. Schofield: Union General in the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1972; McDonough, James L., ...
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Political and military leaders, now taking stock of Scott's advanced age and declining health, openly began to question ... Scott, old, ill, and feeling ignored, finally resigned his commission on October 31, 1861. ... Perret, Geoffrey.
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A detachment under Major David Hamilton manages to cut through the encirclement and escape. The Americans nonetheless lose eight killed and 27 wounded outright and several prisoners—including Colonel Crawford—are slowly tortured to ...
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) MAY 31 In Florida, Lieutenant John McLaughlin receives command of the ... tra, Commander John C. Read of the East India Squadron directs the frigate Columbia and sloop John Adams to ...
John C. Fredriksen ... Trimble transmits to Secretary Monroe a general order by Governor Snyder requisitioning 4,000 militia, ... Trimble, William Allen (Major, 19th U.S. Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel, 8th U.S. Infantry) 10177.
On October 30, 1845, Gillespie was summoned from the Washington Navy Yard and brought before President Polk for a confidential meeting. There he was entrusted with a sensitive mission of conveying top-secret messages to Thomas O. Larkin ...
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