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The top-lit, barrel-vaulted hall in which the gallery is accommodated was designed by architect Carlo Rossi and constructed from June to November 1826. It replaced several small rooms in the middle of the main block of the Winter Palace - between the White Throne Hall and the Greater Throne Hall, just a few steps from the palace church.
American people who served as United States Marines in the War of 1812. Pages in category "United States Marine Corps personnel of the War of 1812" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John Marshall Gamble (1791 – 11 September 1836) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the early 19th century. He was the first, and remains the only known, U.S. Marine to command a U.S. Navy ship, commanding the prize ships Greenwich and Sir Andrew Hammond during naval actions in the Pacific during the War of 1812.
William Sharp Bush (c. 1786 - 1812) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812. He was also the first Marine Corps officer to be killed in combat. [1] Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Bush was appointed as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 3 July 1809 and was promoted to First Lieutenant on 4 March 1811. [2]
During the Vietnam War 35,000 Asian Americans served as part of the more than eight million U.S. service personnel that were deployed to South Vietnam, [179] in fully integrated units. [5] Three of them were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, including Corporal Terry Kawamura who was, as of March 2014, the last Asian American to receive ...
After the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Gulf War of 1990–1991 is often known as the "First Iraq War". [ 33 ] The following names have been used to describe the conflict itself: Gulf War and Persian Gulf War are the most common terms for the conflict used within western countries , though it may also be called the First Gulf War (to ...
For the first two years of the War of 1812 (1812–1815), the British had been preoccupied with the war against Napoleon and his French Empire in Europe. However, warships of the Royal Navy led by Rear Admiral George Cockburn , second in command of the North American Station , controlled Chesapeake Bay from early 1813 onwards and had captured ...
The Battle of Kingston Harbour, was a naval battle of the War of 1812 fought on November 10th, 1812 between American and British naval forces in Kingston harbour, as well as Canadian militia from Kingston. [1]