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Faces of War Memorial is a Vietnam War memorial located in Roswell, Georgia, in the United States. It is located on the grounds of Roswell City Hall [2] and was dedicated on Memorial Day on May 29, 1995. [3] The monument has a height of 14 ft (4.3 m) and a width of 20 ft (6.1 m).
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
The 56th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.
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Memorial Day has become synonymous these days with barbecues and great sales. But all the distractions can make it harder for many Americans to remember the reason for the 3-day weekend: to honor ...
1st Confederate Consolidated Battalion (comprised 1st Confederate Regiment, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia Regiments, and 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion): Capt William J. Whitsitt 39th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 29th and 34th Regiments and detachments of 52nd and 56th Regiments): Col Charles H. Phinizy
The 56th Armored Infantry Regiment traced its origin back to the 17th Infantry Regiment of Maj. Gen. George Sykes' 2nd Division of the 5th Army Corps, of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Personnel from the 17th Infantry Regiment formed the 56th Infantry Regiment on 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army under the command of ...
Oct. 18—TESUQUE — Several times, Avelino Calabaza has reached out his hand and touched the black granite monument in Washington, D.C., devoted to the memory of American soldiers whose died in ...