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The Cornish in America. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran. June 1991. ISBN 978-1-85022-059-6. Todd, Arthur C. The Cornish Miner in America: the Contribution to the Mining History of the United States by Emigrant Cornish Miners: the Men Called Cousin Jacks. Arthur H. Clark (publisher). September 1995. ISBN 978-0-87062-238-0.
The establishment was called the St. Charles' Saloon and it was located at the corner of Broadway and Leonard Streets. [76] [77] In August 1856 Lawrence was working as the General Emigrant Agent for the William Walker administration in Nicaragua. [78] Lawrence's Emigrant office was located on Broadway Street in New York City. [78]
At President Washington's request, he created a blueprint for the future of the U.S. Military, including the establishment, framework, and curriculum for America's service academies, starting with West Point. [43] William Smallwood: Sept. 15, 1780 to Nov. 3, 1783. (Brigadier General Oct. 23, 1776 from Colonel of 1st Maryland Regiment). [2] [44]
Keene, Jennifer D. Doughboys, the Great War, and the remaking of America (2001) on World War I online; Kreidberg, Marvin A., and Merton G. Henry. History of Military Mobilization in the United States Army 1775-1945 (US Army, 1955) online; not copyright because it is a government publication. Laurie, Clayton D.
Albert S. Johnston in Confederate Army uniform wearing Three Gold Stars and Wreath on a General's Collar. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Johnston was the commander of the U.S. Army Department of the Pacific [3] in California. Like many regular army officers from the Southern United States, he opposed secession.
Jules-André Peugeot, the first French Army soldier killed, August 2, 1914; Antoine Fonck, the first Belgian Army soldier killed, August 4th, 1914; John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, August 21, 1914; Merle Hay, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November 3, 1917
George Washington, William Henry Harrison, and Ulysses S. Grant were all career soldiers whose presidential aspirations benefited from their popularity as successful wartime general officers. [8] Áine Cain of Military.com called veteran presidents "fitting", given their responsibility at the head of the military's command hierarchy. [1]
General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique".