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She was christened on 24 March 1898 (the same day as her sister ship, Kentucky) by Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow (née Maynard), the wife of Captain Herbert Winslow, [11] daughter-in-law of Captain John Ancrum Winslow, the commander of the original Kearsarge. [13] She was commissioned on 20 February 1900, under the command of Captain William M. Folger ...
Captain William Tucker (b. 1588 – d. 1643) was an English-born colonist. He settled in Jamestown of the Colony of Virginia in the early 17th century. He was a military commander. [5] In 1623, in retaliation for the Indian massacre of 1622, Tucker offered a toast during a supposed negotiation with members of the Powhatan tribe.
The Battle of Lake Pontchartrain was a single-ship action on September 10, 1779, part of the Anglo-Spanish War.It was fought between the British sloop-of-war HMS West Florida and the Continental Navy schooner USS Morris in the waters of Lake Pontchartrain, then in the British province of West Florida.
The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919. First ed. New York, NY: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2019. ISBN 9780062852779 OCLC 1041763187; Unit History: Schultz, Paul; History of the 85th Infantry Division in World War II. Battery Press, 1979. ISBN 0898390192 OCLC 5003605
William Spencer (sometimes shown as William Spenser) was an early Virginia colonist on Jamestown Island, who was an Ancient planter and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia for Mulberry Island in 1632/33.
Anderson was born at Soldier's Retreat near Louisville, Kentucky.His father, Richard Clough Anderson Sr., was a Revolutionary War Lt. Colonel in the 5th Virginia continentals, who led the advance of the Americans at the battle of Trenton (24 December 1776), crossing the Delaware River in the first boat.
Taylor reinforced Vincent's regiment with Captain William Edgar's 1st Texas Field Battery and sent it toward Alexandria, where it skirmished with the Federals for two days. [11] Smith ordered Brigadier General Joseph A. Mower to take his infantry division and Colonel Thomas J. Lucas' cavalry brigade and probe to the north. [12]
Captain William Williams (died 22 October 1780) was an American naval officer in the American Revolution. He was imprisoned twice by the British and participated in the Battle off Halifax (1780) . [ 1 ]