Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. born on September 15/ 1914 in Springfield Massachutsetts and passed away on September 4/ 1974. He was the CO of the
37th Tank Battalion (ww2). While in his tank named: "Thunderbolt"
Abrams led the
4th Armored Division Column into Bastogne on December 26/ 1944 to the relief of the
101st Airborne Division the "Screaming Eagles."
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Ethan Allen born in Litchfield, Connecticut on January 21/ 1738 died in 1789.
Leader of the
Green Mountain Boys and the one who captured
Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. He served at
Fort William Henry during the
French & Indian War in 1757. On MaY 10/ 1775, he led his
Green Mountain Boys in an early morning assault on
Fort Ticonderoga, capturing it. He was captured by the British on September 25/ 1775, sent to England in chains as a POW. Later he was traded for a British officer on May 6/ 1778, and was given the rank of
Brevet Colonel in the
Continental Army.
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Richard Heron Anderson General in the Confederate States Army was born in July 1821 in Sumter County, South Carolina and he died in Beaufort, South Carolina on June 26/ 1879. He graduated the
US Military Academy at "West Point" in 1842 and was commissioned in the
Dragoons. During the
Mexican War he served with destinction under
General Winfield Scott and was made a
Brevet 1st Lieutenant for bravery at San Agustin, Altapulco on August 17/ 1847. He served with the
US Army til he resigned his commission in as a
Captain in 1861, and was made a
Colonel in the Confederate States Army as CO of the
1st South Carolina Infantry and in July 1861, he was promoted to
Brigadier General.
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James Jay Archer General Officer in the C.S.A. was born in 1817 and died in October 24/ 1964. He resigned from the
US Army on April 14/ 1861, and joined the
Confederate Army on April 16/ 1861 as a
Colonel and CO of the
5th texas Regiment. On June 3/ 1862, he was promoted to
Brigadier General.
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Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard General Officer in the Confederate States Army was born in 1818 and died in 1893. He graduated from
"West Point" in 1838 as the #2 in the graduating class. He was nicknamed:
"Little Napolean" was briefly posted to the Artillery but transfered to the Engineers. He served on
General Winfield Scotts Staff winning him two
Brevets for bravery at
Churubusco and Chapultepec. On February 20/ 1861, he resigned his commission as a
US Army Captain and joined the
C.S.A. as a Brigadier General on March 1/ 1861. Later in the war--he had made the rank of full
General.
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Braxton Bragg General Officer in the Confederate States Army was born in 1817 and died in Galveston, Texas on September 27/ 1976. He graduated the Military Academy at
"West Point" in 1837, seeing action against the
Seminole Indians and won three
Brevets in the
War with Mexico. He was an Artillery Officer and his
Battery was known as the
"Flying Artillery." In 1856 he resigned his
Captaincy and was a Brevet Lt.Colonel. In 1861, he entered service with the
Confederate States Army at the rank of
Colonel. Next he was promoted to
Brigadier General on March 7/ 1861, then to
Major General on September 12/ 1861 and finally to
General on March 12/ 1862.
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Jacob Jennings Brown was born in 1775 in Pennsylvania. In 1808, he was elected
Colonel of Militia of the
Militia Brownville, New York (a town he had founded). In 1811, he was appointed as
Militia Brigadier General CO of 900 men (500 Militia, and 400 Regulars) and successfully defended Sacketts Harbor, Ney York in May 1813 against a British invasion Force. In 1814, he was made a
Major General in the US Army. He was eventually the
Commanding General of the US Army from 1821 to his death in 1828.
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