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1889 reunion veterans of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, the officer who commanded them in battle, is seated at center right, bracketed by the Maltese Cross banner of the V Corps (5th) and the unit's regimental flag. Left is a monument to the unit recently erected by its veterans.
The 20th Maine regiment marched to the Battle of Antietam, but did not participate in the fighting. The brothers fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg, suffering light casualties in the assaults on Marye's Heights, but they were forced to spend a miserable night on the freezing battlefield among the many wounded and dead from other regiments.
Family of Andrew Jackson Tozier. Andrew Jackson Tozier (February 11, 1838 – March 28, 1910) was a first sergeant in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment and later the color-bearer for the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
The AMO also defined the squadrons that were deemed to have fought in the battle under the control of RAF Fighter Command between 0001 hours on 10 July and 2359 hours on 31 October 1940; the official beginning and end of the battle. A total of 71 squadrons and other units from Fighter Command, Coastal Command and the Fleet Air Arm are listed. [1]
Bombing of Bahrain in World War II; Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Bologna; Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan; Battle of Belgium order of battle; Bernhardt Line; Battle of Bir Hakeim; Black Friday (1945) Battle for Brest; Battle of Bréville; Battle of Bukit Timah
Walter Goodale Morrill (November 13, 1840 – March 3, 1935) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station in November 1863.
Compared to many who flew during the Battle of Britain, Goodman was a relatively experienced pilot because he had flown combat in the Battle of France. He was credited with a Messerschmitt Bf 109 of III./JG 27 on 25 July 1940, believed to be Oberstleutenant Kirschstein, who was killed. On 11 August, he shared a Bf 110 destroyed.
Ellis Spear (October 15, 1834 – April 3, 1917) was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.On April 10, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed President Andrew Johnson's February 24 nomination of Spear for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general to rank from April 9, 1865.