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  2. Cornish Americans - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Followers and supporters of William Walker's filibustering in ...

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    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]

  4. List of military leaders in the American Revolutionary War

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    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]

  5. Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States

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    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.

  6. Albert Sidney Johnston - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Thomas Enright - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. List of presidents of the United States by military service

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    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]

  9. Gregor MacGregor - Wikipedia

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    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".