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I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow. -- General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
Navy Medal of Honor: Interim Period 1866-1871(126 total words in this text)(2332 Reads)  BATES, RICHARD, Seaman, U.S. Navy., USS Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866 BROWN, JOHN, Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy., USS Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866 BURKE, THOMAS, Seaman, U.S. Navy., USS Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866 CAREY, JAMES, Seaman, U.S. Navy., USS Huron Du MOULIN, FRANK, Apprentice, U.S. Navy., USS Sabine, in New London Harbor, 5 September 1867 HALFORD, WILLIAM, Coxswain, U.S. Navy., USS Saginaw, October 1870 ROBINSON, JOHN, Captain of the Hold, U.S. Navy., Pensacola Bay, 19 January 1867 ROBINSON, THOMAS, Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy., USS Tallapoosa, off New Orleans, 15 July 1866 STACY, WILLIAM B., Seaman, U.S. Navy., USS Rhode Island, Cape Haiten U.S. Marine Corps Recipients (None) |
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1813:
U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.
1859: Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy. 1864: Union troops secure a crucial pass during the Atlanta campaign. In the spring and summer of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph Johnston conducted a slow and methodical campaign to seize control of Atlanta. 1915: German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois. 1936: Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country. 1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy. 1945: Herman Goering is captured by the U.S. Seventh Army. 1951: Three hundred and twelve Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy planes hit Sinuiju Airfield in one of the largest air raids of the war. 1955: Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). |
