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Diplomatic missions of Ghana. The Republic of Ghana has several diplomatic missions worldwide. As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ghanaian diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth members are known as High Commissions. Excluded from this listing are honorary consulates and trade missions.
The 21st New York Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was nicknamed the "Griswold Light Cavalry". The regiment began being formed during the late summer of 1863 in Troy, New York. [1] During its service, the regiment had 66 soldiers killed or mortally wounded. Disease caused the death of ...
A surviving part of the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron A Armory and is a New York City landmark. A stone plaque with the squadron's cry " Boutez en avant! ", translated variously as "Press forward!"
Squadron A originated with a group of wealthy young gentlemen with great interest in equestrian sport who formed themselves into a group called the 'New York Hussars". They adopted blue uniforms and headgear for ceremonial purposes that mimicked Eurasian fashions dating back to the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars .
Gbeho was Deputy High Commissioner to the Court of St. James's (UK) from 1972 until 1976, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ghana to the European offices of the United Nations in Geneva (1978–80), with concurrent accreditation to UNIDO in Vienna, Austria, [3] and was Ghana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York ...
J. E. K. Aggrey-Orleans joined the administrative class of the Ghanaian Foreign and Diplomatic Service in 1963. [9] Between 1966 and 1970, he was a foreign service officer and First Secretary at the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
The 3rd New York Cavalry was organized by companies beginning in July 1861 and mustered in September 9, 1861 at Meridian Hill, Washington, D.C. under the command of Colonel James H. Van Alen. Corporal Elias Warner or Warnear of Company K, 3rd New York Cavalry Regiment with 1852 Slant Breech Sharps carbine and cavalry saber
This regiment was organized at Troy, New York to serve three years. November 18, 1861, it was designated by the State authorities as the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry; by the War Department it was designated 7th N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry, under which designation it was mustered out of service, and was, therefore, so recorded.