Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 8Harper, 1902 |
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... volunteers , was dis- puting the advance inch by inch , and a heavy gun at Fort Tompkins , in the front , was playing upon the British , when a dense smoke was seen rising in the rear of the Americans . The storehouses , in which an ...
... volunteers , was dis- puting the advance inch by inch , and a heavy gun at Fort Tompkins , in the front , was playing upon the British , when a dense smoke was seen rising in the rear of the Americans . The storehouses , in which an ...
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... volunteers . The spoils army during the Civil War , attaining the were forty - eight pieces of artillery , 800 rank of lieutenant - colonel ; was elected to small - arms , some naval stores , and a quan- the Kansas State Senate in 1872 ...
... volunteers . The spoils army during the Civil War , attaining the were forty - eight pieces of artillery , 800 rank of lieutenant - colonel ; was elected to small - arms , some naval stores , and a quan- the Kansas State Senate in 1872 ...
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... volunteers , who occupied the arsenal grounds . Some of them , for want of room , occupied ground outside . The St. Louis police demanded their return to the government grounds , because they were " Federal soldiers , vio- lating the ...
... volunteers , who occupied the arsenal grounds . Some of them , for want of room , occupied ground outside . The St. Louis police demanded their return to the government grounds , because they were " Federal soldiers , vio- lating the ...
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... volunteer ser- vice as captain of the 5th Missouri In- fantry and rising to the rank of brigadier- general , June 16 , 1862 ; was brevetted ma- jor - general of volunteers in March , 1865 ; mustered out of the service Aug. 25 fol ...
... volunteer ser- vice as captain of the 5th Missouri In- fantry and rising to the rank of brigadier- general , June 16 , 1862 ; was brevetted ma- jor - general of volunteers in March , 1865 ; mustered out of the service Aug. 25 fol ...
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... volunteer forces , and militia when in the service of the United States , a salute according to rank . Commanders of divisions , of squadrons of divisions , of a senior officer present , and the narrow pennant of other officers , no ...
... volunteer forces , and militia when in the service of the United States , a salute according to rank . Commanders of divisions , of squadrons of divisions , of a senior officer present , and the narrow pennant of other officers , no ...
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