Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The confederal militias were a movement of people's militia during the Spanish Civil War organized by the Spanish anarchist movement: the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) and the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI). The CNT militias replaced clandestine defense committees instituted earlier.
Harmon, George D. "The Pennsylvania Clergy and the Civil War." Pennsylvania History 6.2 (1939): 86–102. online; Keller, Christian B. "Pennsylvania and Virginia Germans during the Civil War: A Brief History and Comparative Analysis." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 109.1 (2001): 37–86. Levin, Bernard. "Pennsylvania and the Civil War."
There are gaps in the numbering of infantry regiments because Pennsylvania numbered all volunteer regiments, regardless of branch, in sequence depending on when the regiment was raised. For example, the 6th Cavalry was also numbered the 70th Volunteer Regiment since it was raised between the 69th Infantry and the 71st Infantry, so there is no ...
Following this organization's muster-in during late August 1861, its leaders were presented the regiment's First State Color on November 4 by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin. Manufactured by Horstmann Brothers and Company, this flag was initially carried by the regiment's first color-bearer, Sergeant John D. Beaver. [3]
Located in a mini-park between 3rd and 4th Streets in Emmaus, this memorial honors soldiers who served during the American Civil War, Spanish–American War, and World War I. [ 110 ] The Lehigh County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the soldiers' monuments at the Fairview and Heidelberg Union cemeteries in West Catasauqua and Heidelberg Township ...
On June 14, 2011 Flag Day and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the name of the park was officially changed to Veterans Park of Cambria County. The restored site features a semi-circle of six flags, with the United States flag flanked by flags representing the five branches of the military, honoring all who have served in any military ...
The collection of Civil War flags were removed from the Executive, Library, and Museum Building. After a parade and a ceremony, they were installed in glass display cases in the capitol rotunda on June 14, 1914. [33] The decoration of the capitol was completed on May 23, 1927, when the murals in the Supreme Court Chambers were unveiled. [34]
The Spanish division "Soria" was present to secure the operation, but played no part in the first five days of fighting. The main attack began in the 25 km-wide pass at Guadalajara-Alcalá de Henares. This region was well suited for an advance, as there were five roads of high quality running through it.