Colonel of the Regiment

were completed without any major incidents. The 101st Airborne met little resistance and captured four of the five bridges assigned to them. The Germans destroyed the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son just as the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) neared the objective (Badsey, 1993, p. 41). The Bailey bridge, a portable, prefabricated bridge developed by the British, constructed over the canal was not finished until the morning of the 19th (Badsey, 1993, p. 56). The 82nd Airborne…

Major General Sir Henry Clinton shifted his focus to the south, because of loyalist support. On December 29th 1778 Major General Archibald Campbell to Savannah with a company of 3100 this included the 71st Highland Regiment, New York loyalists and Hessian mercenaries. The support of these groups lead a well-constructed plan to take power over Savannah, GA. The surprise attack on American forces caused major general Robert Howe to only have a small number of men on hand. He tried to defend the…

Confiscation and Militia Act as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation. This act freed slaves who had masters in the Confederate Army. The first black volunteers came from South Carolina, Tennessee and Massachusetts, filling the first authorized black regiments. Recruitment was slow until black leaders, like Frederick Douglass, began encouraging men to become soldiers to ensure they would gain full citizenship. By the end of the Civil War, approximately 179,000 black men served as soldiers in…

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was a prominent political figure in early 19th century America. In contrast to the presidents who preceded him, he was a “self-made man,” growing up in the underdeveloped backwoods territory of the Carolinas and receiving little formal academic instruction beyond his primary education in local schools. He was the first president to truly be a common man; his antecedents had all come from wealthy families along the east coast and were…

As General Reeve, Colonel of the Thirteenth Minnesota Regiment, said “I deprecate this war, this slaughter of our own boys and of the Filipinos, because it seems to me that we are doing something that is contrary to our principles in the past. Certainly we are doing something that we should…

there was a great deal of resistance to the idea of recruiting blacks from Democrats in particular. He goes on to describe the expedition to Florida. After the expedition receives reinforcements in the form of the white 6th Connecticut and 8th Maine regiments they launched raids into the interior. They succeeded in liberating slaves, and tearing up railroad track until the expedition was recalled by General Hunter. Despite the recall the author asserts that the behavior of the black troops…

character that rejects established norms and conventions, and has been rejected by society. The 1992 movie, The Last of The Mohicans loosely follows the original book about the journey of Hawkeye and his family as they help Cora and Alice Munro and Colonel Duncan Heyward against Huron war chief, Magua during the French and Indian war. During the movie Hawkeye displays many characteristics that make him an American romantic hero. Through out The Last of The Mohicans Hawkeye exemplifies that his…

by General George Washington. Based on (Young and Brave: Girls Changing History), “On the night of April 26, 1777, Colonel Ludington received word that the British were attacking Danbury, Connecticut, which was 25 miles from Ludington’s home in New York State.” Ludington rode all night through the dark woods, covering forty miles. Because of her bravery and help, almost whole regiment was gathered by daybreak to fight the British. She continued to help throughout the Revolutionary War as a…

racial tension exploded which caused many serious riots. To stop all of the riots, military police and reaction forces stepped in. That night Zinni got drunk and said he could fix the guard issue with another person soon after he was told to visit the regiment commander. After the talk, Zinni was announced as the new guard company commander. Zinni came up with a plan to stop racial riots. He needed 100 men that were at least six feet tall and 200 pounds, and they all had to be racially mixed.…

battle with him. Hays killed large amounts of Mexican guerillas in the Skirmish at Matamoros and also killed Mexican cavalry at the Affair at Galaxara Pass. He was a captain then a mayor. When the Mexican War was happening he was a Colonel and commanded th 1st Regiment. When- Born In January 28, 1817 and die In April 21, 1883 at the age of 66 Why- He knew his farther so Houston knew that he was trustworthe How- He knew who Jack Coffee Hayes was and was…