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#4 American Soldiers Pay Tribute To The Fallen Animals, 1918 Horses, mules and donkeys were used during WWI to transport ammunition and supplies to the front. They did so through the horrors of ...
U.S. territorial extent in 1860. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race. December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails. December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet.
The social history of soldiers and veterans in United States history covers the role of Army soldiers and veterans in the United States from colonial foundations to the present, with emphasis on the social, cultural, economic and political roles apart from strictly military functions. It also covers the militia and the National Guard.
On January 6, 1900, [57] the chevrons on infantry overcoats were changed from dark blue to white. On June 6, 1900, [58] the detachment at the Military Academy gained the ranks of first sergeant and cook. On October 4, 1900, [59] the academy detachment was ordered to wear buff colored chevrons.
Buffalo Soldier sites from 1860–1900 Image taken in 1898 of the 9th U.S. Cavalry.. Sources disagree on how the nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" began. According to the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum the name originated with the Cheyenne warriors in the winter of 1877, the actual Cheyenne translation being "Wild Buffalo".
May 31 – Peter Vivian Daniel, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1841 to 1860 (born 1784) June 6 – Henry P. Haun, U.S. Senator from California from 1859 to 1860 (born 1815) July 1 – Charles Goodyear, inventor (born 1800) September 12 – William Walker, filibuster, briefly President of Nicaragua, executed (born 1824)
United States Army Center of Military History Archived 1997-06-07 at the Wayback Machine; Centuries of Service: The U.S. Army 1775–2005 – A booklet published by the United States Army Center of Military History; Online Bookshelf of Books and Research Resources Archived 2015-05-06 at the Wayback Machine at the United States Army Center of ...
The American Civil War was the first war in history whose intimate reality would be brought home to the public, not only in newspaper depictions, album cards and cartes-de-visite, but in a popular new 3D format called a "stereograph," "stereocard" or "stereoview." Millions of these cards were produced and purchased by a public eager to ...