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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (/ ˈ k r oʊ ʒ ər /; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his expeditions. [1]
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
William Crozier married Miss Mary Hoyt Williams (1864–1955) in England on October 31, 1913; the only daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyt Williams and the late Charles Augustus Williams (1829–1899) of New London and Washington, and the sister of the Hon. William C. Williams (1862–1947), commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island (1902–1905/ ...
Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956) was the last known surviving [1] member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War; he was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed. At least three men who outlived Woolson claimed to be Confederate veterans, but one has been ...
When Gertrude Janeway died in 2003, she was still getting a monthly check for $70 from the Veterans Administration—for a military pension earned by her late husband, John, on the Union side of the American Civil War that ended in 1865. The pair had married in 1927, when he was 81 and she was 18.
America at war: Facts about WWI, WWII and Vietnam. America has been involved in a war for a total of 222 out of 229 years since 1776. That means since its founding, the nation has been at war 93% ...
See incomplete appointments section in List of American Civil War Generals (Acting Confederate). Martin, William T. Brigadier general rank, nom: December 2, 1862 conf: April 22, 1863 Major general rank: November 10, 1863 nom: November 12, 1863 conf: January 25, 1864 Captain, Mississippi Cavalry, July 8, 1861. Jeff Davis Legion, major, October ...
Francis is also one of the longest-lived people in U.S. history. Francis lived most of her life in Texas, but she was originally from Louisiana. America's oldest known person, Elizabeth Francis ...