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The First American Regiment was renamed the Regiment of Infantry on September 29, 1789, when the United States Army was formally instituted under the Constitution of the United States. [7] In 1790, Harmar – who had been breveted as a brigadier general in 1787 – led 320 regulars and over 1,000 militia on the disastrous Harmar campaign in ...
On 3 March 1791, Congress added to the Army "The Second Regiment of Infantry" from which today's First Infantry draws its heritage. In September of that year, elements of it and the original 1st Infantry Regiment (today's 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)), with sizable militia complements, all under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, were sent to the Northwest Indian ...
In military terms, 1st Regiment or 1st Infantry Regiment may refer to: Australia. 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery; 1st Aviation Regiment (Australia)
Seven companies of the regiment (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th) were made up of Scotch-Irish, Germans, Welsh, Manx, Free Quakers, along with loyal English whigs; from Lancaster; the 6th and 7th companies were mostly men of German and Dutch American descent, from Berks and Northampton counties.
The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.It was the first regiment to leave Massachusetts for a three-year term (several had previously left for 90-day terms) in response to President Abraham Lincoln's May 3, 1861, call for three-year regiments. [1]
The 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" (Italian: 1° Reggimento "Granatieri di Sardegna") is a grenadiers unit of the Italian Army's infantry arm's grenadiers (Italian: Granatieri) speciality. The regiment is based in Rome and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna".
The regiment eventually moved to Fort Craig. Company I recruitment ad [5] For the remainder of the war, the 1st California Infantry was engaged in garrison duty dispersed in posts across New Mexico Territory and Texas and fighting Apache and Navajo Indians in these places and in Utah Territory. The regiment was mustered out on October 21, 1866.
Standard NATO symbol for a regiment of several battalions, indicated by the III. The shape, colour and pattern indicate friendly infantry. Romanian 27th Infantry Regiment in front of the Hungarian Parliament in 1919. A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service, or specialisation.