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The 73rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Persimmon Regiment" or the "Preacher's Regiment" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service
Medal of Honor winner Thomas Plunkett: Thomas Plunkett: Army: Sergeant: Company E, 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: Fredericksburg, Virginia December 11, 1862: Seized the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having been shot down, and bore them to the front where both his arms were carried off by a shell. —
73rd Regiment or 73rd Infantry Regiment may refer to: 73rd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation), several units with of the British Army; 73rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft ...
On May 29, 1861, Governor Moore appointed three white officers as commanders of the regiment, and company commanders were appointed from among the Creoles of the regiment. The militia unit was the first of any in North America to have officers of color, preceding the United States Colored Troops. This regiment was called the Louisiana Native Guard.
The battalion was briefly inactivated following World War II in 1946 before being reformed as a heavy tank battalion, and in 1949 was renumbered the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion, under which name it served in the Korean War, with M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing tanks. It would later be redesignated the 73rd Armor Regiment and was finally disbanded in ...
The 73rd Indiana Infantry was organized and mustered in at Camp Rose, South Bend, Indiana for a three-year enlistment on August 16, 1862, under the command of Colonel Gilbert Hathaway. The regiment was attached to: 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862.
The 73rd Cavalry Regiment is a Cavalry Regiment in the United States Army, first formed in 1941.Three squadrons of the 73rd Cavalry Regiment ("Airborne Thunder" [1]) provided reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition to the Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd Airborne Division through July 2024 when the last of the three squadrons was deactivated.
The 73rd Ohio Infantry was organized in Chillicothe, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on December 30, 1861, under the command of Colonel Orland Smith. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The regiment was attached to Cheat Mountain, District Western Virginia, to March 1862.