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Parke, the son of a farmer, was born in New Jersey on September 2, 1777. [1] [2] He received a limited education and left home at the age of twenty.In 1797 he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he read law in the office of James Brown and was admitted to the bar in 1799.
Naughton's Irish Dragoons was organized on September 21, 1861 in conjunction with the 23rd Illinois Infantry. The company was assigned to "Curtis Horse," the 5th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry , as Company L in November 1861.
Karsen Barnhart (born March 2, 2001) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines , where he was an All-Big Ten selection, winning three consecutive Big Ten Conference titles and a national championship in 2023.
John A McClelland served as Captain of a company of volunteer light dragoons, who entered 12 months of Federal service in October 1812. They were attached to Major James V Ball's Squadron of regular United States Light Dragoons and served throughout the campaigns of 1812 and 1813 in the Northwestern frontier, including the Battle of Mississinewa, the Siege of Fort Meigs, and a skirmish near ...
The American army under Gen. Boyd, defeated by the British at Crysler's Farm on November 11, continued advancing towards Cornwall, unpursued by Morrison's force.Boyd had hoped to meet up with the remainder of Wilkinson's flotilla who had descended the St. Lawrence River through the Long Sault Rapids, and continue their combined advance to Montreal.
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, ...
The nine sons of the dragon is a traditional name for a set of mythological creatures whose imagery is used in certain types of decorations. The concept was first mentioned by Lu Rong in the Ming Dynasty, although similar set of creatures (not necessarily nine) is recorded even earlier.
The Marion Steam Shovel Company was established by Henry Barnhart, George W. King and Edward Huber in August 1884. While steam shovels had been made prior to this date in the United States, Barnhart persuaded Huber to financially back his design, which incorporated a stronger bucket support than other makes.