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Thus, the 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment was organized at Omaha, between June 11 and July 21, 1861, with the future governor of Nebraska and the Wyoming Territory, John Milton Thayer, as its first colonel. However, the promise was reneged, and the regiment was sent eastward in August to fight the Confederacy. [1]
The 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War.After mustering in May 1898 for service in the Spanish–American War, the regiment trained in Nebraska and at Camp Merritt in California before leaving for the Philippines in June.
The following is a list of Nebraska Territory units formed during the American Civil War.Some saw action only on the frontier in the Indian Wars.The state raised one regiment of infantry (subsequently converted to cavalry), two regiments (including the converted infantry) and a battalion of cavalry (successor of the second cavalry regiment), several companies of militia, and two scout companies.
Thus, the 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry was formed in June and July 1861, with the future governor of Nebraska and the Wyoming Territory, John Milton Thayer, as its first colonel. However, the promise was reneged, and the regiment was sent eastward in August to fight the Confederacy. [3]
George Albert Flippin (February 8, 1868 – May 15, 1929) was an American football left halfback and a medical doctor in Nebraska. He was the first star player of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, the first Black player on the team, and among the first Black players nationwide. [3] He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame ...
The club's first match was in 1874 under the Sheffield rules as the regiment was stationed in Sheffield at the time; [2] however the club adopted association laws the same season. [3] It competed in some of the first stagings of the Football Association Challenge Cup, entering the competition between 1875 and 1878, winning one tie. [4]
He resigned his legislative seat in June 1861 to become Colonel of the 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment, [2] and spent the entire war fighting in the Western Theater. He commanded a brigade under Lew Wallace in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Siege of Corinth. Promoted to brigadier general in October 1862, he led a brigade in the XV Corps.
Major General Vernon Edwin "Prich" Prichard (January 25, 1892 − July 10, 1949) was an American football quarterback and United States Army officer.He played college football with Army and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1914.