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The 74th Infantry Regiment was a regular infantry regiment of the United States Army. There have been two units given the title '74th Infantry Regiment'; the first was a World War I unit of the 12th Division, and the second was a World War II unit formed with US Army personnel and equipment of the inactivating US-Canadian 1st Special Service Force "Devil's Brigade".
The 74th Infantry Division (German: 74. Infanterie-Division) was a planned infantry division of the German Heer during World War II.Initially designed to be supplied with recruits by the Milowitz Division as part of the 24th Aufstellungswelle, the creation of the 74th Infantry Division was never realized.
They were the 15th Airborne Division, the 18th, 21st and 22nd Armored Divisions, the 19th Armored Division, which was in fact activated following the war, the 61st, 62nd, 67th, 68th, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th Infantry Divisions, and the 105th and 107th Infantry Divisions, which were intended to be formations composed of Black soldiers.
In military terms, 74th Division may refer to: 74th Division (People's Republic of China), 1949–1952; later the 70th Motorized Infantry Brigade; 74th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1969–1976; 74th (Yeomanry) Division, a Territorial Force infantry unit of the British Army in the First World War
On 20 September, the 10th and 74th Indiana repulsed the attack of John Brown's Tennessee Brigade in the Poe field. After James Longstreet's attack routed much of Brannan's Division, Croxton's brigade changed front, with the 10th and 74th Indiana taking position on the left of Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery.
The 74th Infantry received its colors on March 5, 1862, while encamped near the nation's capital. Representative Robert McKnight made the presentation. The regiment was part of the "mud march" in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1862 in the effort to confront General Stonewall Jackson. [2] Its first significant battle was at Cross ...
The 74th New York Infantry Regiment was a Union regiment recruited in 1861, during the American Civil War. The regiment was part of Sickles' Excelsior Brigade and their first commander was sailor and engineer COL Charles K. Graham .
The 74th Ohio Infantry was organized in Xenia, Ohio, beginning October 5, 1861. It was mustered in for three years service on March 27, 1862, under the command of Colonel Granville Moody. The regiment was attached to Dumont's Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio , to June 1862.