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John Adams ( Confederate Army officer ) John Adams ( July 1 , 1825 – November 30 , 1864 ) was an officer in the United States Army . With the onset of the American Civil War , he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Army , rising to the rank of brigadier general before being killed in action . Early life and career . Adams was born in Nashville , Tennessee , to Irish immigrant parents . He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1846 , ranking 25th in his class . He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Dragoons , serving under Capt . Philip Kearny . Adams was brevetted for gallantry during the Mexican - American War at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales . After the war , Adams served on the western frontier , primarily in California . He was subsequently promoted to first lieutenant and captain . As a lieutenant colonel in the state militia , he was aide - de - camp to the Governor of Minnesota in 1853 . Civil War Career . With the secession of Tennessee , Adams resigned his commission in the United States Army in early 1861 and joined the Confederate Army not long afterward as a captain in the cavalry . He was commissioned a colonel in 1862 , and a brigadier general in December of that same year , replacing the late Lloyd Tilghman in charge of his brigade of infantry . Adams served entirely in the Western Theater and was commended in several official reports for his leadership . He was particularly conspicuous during the Atlanta Campaign , where he again displayed personal bravery as well as a talent for battlefield tactics . His brigade was selected to lead the advance of John Bell Hood ' s army into Tennessee . Adams was killed at the Second Battle of Franklin in 1864 , one of six Confederate generals to perish in the defeat . An Indiana colonel who witnessed his death later wrote : General Adams rode up to our works and , cheering his men , made an attempt to leap his horse over them . The horse fell upon the top of the embankment and the general was caught under him , pierced with [ nine ] bullets . As soon as the charge was repulsed , our men sprang over the works and lifted the horse , while others dragged the general from under him . He was perfectly conscious and knew his fate . He asked for water , as all dying men do in battle as the life - blood drips from the body . One of my men gave him a canteen of water , while another brought an armful of cotton from an old gin near by and made him a pillow . The general gallantly thanked them , and in answer to our expressions of sorrow at his sad fate , he said , ' It is the fate of a soldier to die for his country , ' and expired . — " Confederate Veteran " , June 1897 . Adams left a widow with four sons and two daughters .
Battle of Shiting The Battle of Shiting was fought between the contending states of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu in 228 during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history . The battle concluded with victory of Wu over Wei . Battle . Sun Quan ordered Zhou Fang to lay a trap for Cao Xiu , the commander - in - chief of Wei , by pretending to defect . Cao Xiu was deceived into leading his troops straight into Wan . Then , Sun Quan appointed Lu Xun as Grand Chief Commander , commanding him to lead an attack against Cao Xiu . On the way to the camping area , Cao Xiu was ambushed as planned . Cao Xiu was unable to gain the upper hand in battle , and thus retreated to make camp at Shiting . However , the camp was disturbed in the middle of night , and the soldiers ran away in disarray . Many sets of armor and carts of supplies were abandoned . Cao Xiu sent in a memorial acknowledging his fault . Many of his men were killed . When he looked around for Zhou Fang , Zhou was nowhere to be found . He then knew he had been duped . When Cao Xiu realized that he was tricked , he was too ashamed to turn back ; so , thinking that he had more troops and supplies , he chose to engage Lu Xun ' s army . Lu Xun personally led the central force and ordered Zhu Huan ( 朱桓 ) and Quan Cong to take the left and right flanks . The three armies advanced simultaneously , and decisively took on Cao Xiu ' s ambushing troops . Following that , the Wu troops pursued hard on the fleeing Cao army until they reached Jiashi , where they annihilated some 10 , 000 men and won over 10 , 000 spoils of war ; in addition , All of the Wei army ' s equipment and weaponry were looted . Lu Xun regrouped his men ; and when he passed by Wuchang , Sun Quan instructed his attendants to shield Lu Xun with his own canopy when entering and leaving the palace doors . Sun Quan bestowed upon Lu Xun as reward were imperial items , precious items of the finest grade . The honor Lu Xun received was matched by no one in that era . Cao Xiu barely escaped the battlefield with his life . Indeed , he died a few months later of an ulcer on his back , even after having been pardoned by the Emperor of Wei , Cao Rui . According to legend , Cao Xiu did not believe Zhou Fang at first . Zhou Fang cut off his famous locks of hair to prove his " loyalty " . In any case , Zhou Fang knew the territory , so he started to lead Cao Xiu into a clearing , where Cao could set up camp . However , before they left , Cao Xiu was advised not to trust Zhou Fang by one of his advisers , Jia Kui . Cao Xiu did not heed his words ; however , and not only went on with Zhou Fang ' s ploy , but removed Jia Kui from the campaign and decided to march with 70 , 000 troops . Jia Kui , who had come along with Cao Xiu , helped Cao retreat from the ambush . For this , Jia Kui was highly praised by the emperor Cao Rui himself , and given many promotions . He lived the last years of his life in happiness .
Royal South Australia Regiment The Royal South Australia Regiment is a reserve regiment of the Australian Army consisting of a single battalion , the 10th / 27th Battalion , part of the 9th Brigade . It was raised on 1 July 1960 , as The South Australia Regiment . History . The Regiment traces much of its history to early volunteer and citizen militia units from pre - federation Australia . The history of the units that formed the current Regiment are dealt with individually on those pages . 1960 – Present . On 1 July 1960 the South Australia Regiment was formed by the amalgamation of three infantry battalions in South Australia : These three battalions were formed into 5 Companies : Later in 1960 , The Regiment was renamed 1st Battalion Royal South Australia Regiment , bringing it in line with the other State and National regiments . On 1 July 1965 , the Regiment was reformed as 2 battalions , taking their names from the battalions that formed the regiment : The 10th and 27th . On the 29 November 1987 , the 10th and 27th battalions were amalgamated to form the 10 / 27 Battalion Royal South Australia Regiment , the Regiment ' s current title . Kadina 23rd Day 1994 Preceding Units . The organisation of military units in Australia has been a complex and shifting affair since colonisation . The following is an attempt to list the preceding units of the RSAR in chronological order . Units were raised , disbanded and perpetuated in a variety of forms that is not easy to show in a simple list . Often units , depending on their status as volunteer , militia , or regular , were similarly numbered and named , for example the 43rd Infantry Battalion and 2 / 43 Battalion , AIF in WWII , and often units were split , amalgamated , resplit and reformed , making it almost impossible to create a straight family tree as is often seen for the British Army . A broad statement is that the Royal South Australia Regiment is preceded by units often known as the 10th ( or 78th or Adelaide Rifles ) , 27th ( or SA Scottish or Boothby ) , 43rd ( or 76th or SA Infantry or Hindmarsh ) , and 48th ( or Torrens ) , and units bearing these designations are now perpetuated in RSAR . Contemporary Times . Current structure : Unit Deployments : Operation Anode Rotation 14 , Operation Anode Rotation 17 , Operation Anode Rotation 24 , Operation Anode Rotation 27 ( Upcoming ) , Operation Resolute , Operation Vic Fires Assist , Operation Cyclone Yassi Assist , Operation Testament . Individual and Group Deployments : Operation Slipper , Operation Catalyst , Operation Mazurka , Operation Astute , Operation Spire .
William Bernard Traynor William Bernard Traynor VC ( 31 December 1870 – 20 October 1956 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Traynor was born at 29 Moxon Street , Hull , East Riding of Yorkshire . He was 30 years old and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion , The West Yorkshire Regiment ( The Prince of Wales ' s Own ) , British Army during the Second Boer War when the following act led to the award of the Victoria Cross : Traynor ' s Cross is held privately .
CSS Sea Bird CSS Sea Bird was a sidewheel steamer in the Confederate States Navy . " Sea Bird " was built at Keyport , New Jersey in 1854 , was purchased by North Carolina at Norfolk , Virginia in 1861 and fitted for service with the Confederate States Navy . She was assigned to duty along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts with Lieutenant Patrick McCarrick , CSN , in command . " Sea Bird " served as the flagship of Confederate Flag Officer William F . Lynch ' s " mosquito fleet " during the hard - fought battles in defense of Roanoke Island on February 7 – 8 , 1862 , and Elizabeth City , North Carolina , on February 10 when she was rammed and sunk by USS " Commodore Perry " . Her casualties were two killed , four wounded , and the rest captured . References . W . Craig Gaines , " Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks " . Louisiana State University Press , 2008 .
Gufo radar The Gufo radar was an Italian naval search radar developed during World War II by the " Regio Istituto Elettrotecnico e delle Comunicazioni della Marina " ( RIEC ) . Also known as the EC - 3 ter , its name is the Italian word for owl . The first prototypes were designed by navy technicians Ugo Tiberio , Nello Carrara and Alfeo Brandimarte in the period 1936 - 1937 . The project was stalled due to budget cuts until 1941 , when interest was soon revived after the Italian navy suffered a series of heavy setbacks in night actions against the radar - equipped units of the Royal Navy , especially the defeat of Matapan . The first tests were conducted on board the elderly torpedo boat " Giacinto Carini " in April 1941 . The radar sets were produced by the Italian company SAFAR . Only 12 devices had been installed on board Italian warships by 8 September 1943 , the day Italy signed an armistice with the Allies . Since the spring of 1943 , the Italian high command recommended to switch the radar on only in proximity of enemy forces , after a German advice that the British had radar warning receivers similar to the Metox . The Allies , however , didn ' t develop such technology until 1944 . In spite of this , it ' s claimed that the crews made a wide use of the Gufo as a search radar , omitting to mention it on the ship ' s logbook to avoid sanctions . The radar was used in combat by the light cruiser " Scipione Africano " on the night of 17 July 1943 , while on passage from La Spezia to Taranto , when she detected a flotilla of four British Elco motor torpedo boat s five miles ahead in the strait of Messina . One of the motor boats , MTB 316 , was destroyed by the cruiser ' s guns , and another one was seriously damaged . Twelve British seamen lost their lives .
Fort Blair ( Fort Scott ) In spring and possibly through summer 1864 , three blockhouses were constructed to help defend the town and post of Fort Scott . These were Fort Blair , Fort Henning and Fort Insley . Fort Blair was enclosed by a rectangular wall of log palisades covered on the outside by earthworks , which in turn were surrounded by a wide , deep ditch . These were to be used by armed men and cannon in case the town and post were attacked by Confederate guerrillas or regular forces . A drawing of Fort Blair and its stockade showed the stockade as about waist high . Fort Blair was named for Gen . Charles W . Blair . This fort contained two 24 - pounder guns . The blockhouse was built of sawed or thick boards , which was covered with rough boards . It had openings for rifles and small cannon and was roofed with wood shingles . Three of the gun ports were on the second floor and a fourth was on the first floor . The structure was two stories tall . Fort Blair was the second largest of the three blockhouses , measuring sixteen by sixteen feet . It was in south Fort Scott , located between Main Street and Scott Avenue . The fort was several blocks south of the main part of the post of Fort Scott . Fort Blair was used to guard Fort Scott when Confederate Maj . Gen . Sterling Price passed through the area in late October 1864 near the end of his failed raid into Arkansas , Missouri and Kansas ( see Price ' s Missouri Raid ) . Price wanted to overrun the defenders at Fort Scott , but not one shot was fired when Price passed within sight of the post . Fort Scott was closed as military post in October 1865 . The Fort Blair blockhouse was the only of the three not to be torn down . It was disassembled and moved at least twice . Finally it was reconstructed and placed adjacent to the Fort Scott National Historic Site , where it remains today .
Miles B . Wachendorf Miles B . Wachendorf ( born in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is a retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy . Education and Family . Wachendorf graduated with distinction from U . S . Naval Academy in 1974 with majors in mathematics and Soviet Area Studies - Russian . He later went on to study international relations in the German language as an Olmsted Scholar at the University of Zurich , received a master of science in engineering degree from the Catholic University , attended the Senior Officials in National Security program at Harvard University , and graduated from the senior officer course at the Naval War College . Naval career . He has served afloat on both nuclear powered attack and strategic missile submarines of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets including command of the submarine . He also commanded Submarine Development Squadron Five in San Diego , California . Wachendorf ' s shore assignments included deputy assistant for Chief of Naval Operation / Vice Chief of Naval Operations decision coordination , branch head for anti - submarine warfare , chief of the Joint Staff ' s nuclear / counter - proliferation division . He has also served as executive assistant to the Joint Staff director of strategic plans and policy ( J - 5 ) , and director of the OPNAV Strategy and Policy Division ( N51 ) and U . S . defense attaché to Russia . Promoted to two stars , while serving in Russia , Wachendorf ' s final assignment on active duty was as Chief of Staff , Joint Forces Command , 2006 – 2008 , when he was responsible for managing the command ' s warfighting initiatives and providing guidance to the command ' s executive staff on day - to - day matters . Additionally , he supervised all of the command ' s administrative issues . Post - Naval Career . After retirement from the Navy , Wachendorf became Chief Operating Officer of EchoStorm Worldwide , LLC in Suffolk , Virginia .
Sidney Bates Sidney Bates VC ( 14 June 1921 – 8 August 1944 ) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Early life . Sidney Bates was born in Camberwell , London on June 14 , 1921 to Frederick , a rag and bone man , and Gladys May Bates . At the time of the outbreak of war , Bates was working as a carpenter ' s labourer . He joined the Royal Norfolk Regiment in 1940 after it had returned from being stationed in Delhi , British India . Military service . Bates was 23 years old , and a corporal in the 1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment , British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 6 August 1944 near Sourdeval , France , Bates was commanding a Section . Upon discovering that the enemy had penetrated deeply in the area occupied by his section , Bates seized a light machine - gun and charged , moving forward through a hail of bullets . Although twice wounded , he was undaunted and continued firing until the enemy started to withdraw away from his fire . At that moment he was wounded for a third time — mortally . He still however continued to fire until his strength failed him . By this time the enemy had withdrawn and the situation had been restored , and the immediate thread to his platoon subsided . He died in hospital two days later . The Norfolks ' position was under attack by the 10th SS Panzer Division . The final costs of fighting around Sourdeval for the Norfolks was 160 casualties out of 550 . The recommendation for the award was made by Major Cooper - Key , the commanding officer of B Company of the 1st Battalion . The recommendation was turned down initially but Cooper - Key persevered . According to Sergeant George Smith the battalion had been on the march when they had come under fire . A Bren gunner had been killed next to Corporal Bates , who had immediately seized the machine gun and started firing on the enemy . Victoria Cross Citation . The announcement and accompanying citation for the decoration was published in supplement to the London Gazette on 2 November 1945 , reading His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum , Norwich , England . The museum trustees purchased it for £20 , 000 in the 1980s . His was one of 5 VCs won by members of the Royal Norfolks during the Second World War . Although the VC citation gives the hamlet Sourdeval " as the location ( not to be confused with the market town of Sourdeval about 20 km away , it is actually at Pavee . There is a fitting memorial to Sidney Bates at Pavee . Grave . Sidney Bates grave can be found in the Bayeux Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery , Calvados , France . ( Reference XX . E . 19 )
Ballyshannon Castle Ballyshannon Castle was a castle at Ballyshannon , County Donegal , Ireland . The castle was a stronghold of the O ’ Donnell ' s . No visual remains of the castle exist above ground . History . Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill built Ballyshannon Castle in 1423 to command the ford over the River Erne . The castle was captured and sacked by Conn Bacach O ' Neill , Earl of Tyrone in 1522 . Sir Conyers Clifford ’ s army was repelled by Hugh Roe O ' Donnell after the castle was besieged for three days during the battle of Ballyshannon in 1597 . The castle was transferred to Henry Folliot after the decline of the O ’ Donnell ’ s fortunes in 1606 . The castle was demolished in 1720 and a cavalry barracks built in its place . By the early 20th century , its site had been converted into a market yard to sell farm produce .
John Branch John Branch , Jr . ( November 4 , 1782January 3 , 1863 ) served as U . S . Senator , Secretary of the Navy , the 19th Governor of the state of North Carolina , and was the sixth and last territorial governor of Florida . Branch was born in Halifax County , North Carolina , on November 4 , 1782 , the son of wealthy landowners . Educated at the University of North Carolina , he occupied himself as a planter and civic leader . Branch served in the North Carolina Senate from 1811 to 1817 and was the state ' s Governor from 1817 to 1820 . After further service in the state Senate , he represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1823 until 1829 and was a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson . When Jackson became President , he selected Branch as his Secretary of the Navy . In that post , Branch promoted several reforms in the Navy ' s policies and administration , many of which were not implemented until years later . He reduced the resources going to the construction of new ships , while increasing those applied to keeping existing vessels in good repair . Branch also sent the frigate USS " Potomac " to the Far East to punish the murderers of a U . S . merchant ship ' s crew and to generally promote and protect American commerce in the region . John Branch resigned as Secretary in 1831 , during the Petticoat affair , which involved the social ostracism of Margaret O ' Neill Eaton , the wife of Secretary of War John H . Eaton by a group of Cabinet members and their wives led by Floride Calhoun , the wife of Vice President John C . Calhoun . Later that year , Branch was elected to the U . S . House of Representatives as a Jacksonian and later to North Carolina state political offices . In the mid - 1830s , he moved to Leon County , Florida , where he lived for much of the next decade - and - a - half on his Live Oak Plantation . In 1844 , President John Tyler appointed him Florida ' s territorial governor until the 1845 election of a governor under the state constitution . Branch returned to North Carolina in the early 1850s , remaining there until his death on January 4 , 1863 . Branch is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Enfield , North Carolina . Branch was an uncle of the Confederate General Lawrence O ' Bryan Branch .
SIAI S . 67 The SIAI S . 67 or Savoia _ Marchetti SM . 67 was an Italian flying boat fighter of the early 1930s designed and manufactured by SIAI . Design and development . In 1929 , the " Regia Marina " ( Italian Royal Navy ) awarded a contract to SIAI to produce the prototype of a new flying boat fighter for use as a catapult - launched aircraft aboard " Condottieri " - class cruiser s . In response , SIAI designed the S . 67 , a wooden , single - seat , monoplane flying boat powered by a 313 - kilowatt ( 420 - horsepower ) Fiat A . 20 V12 liquid - cooled engine driving a three - bladed pusher propeller . The wing spars were attached to the fuselage , and the engine was mounted on steel tube struts above the hull , each attached to the engine mount by one pin . The S . 67s armament consisted of two fixed , forward - firing 7 . 7 - millimeter ( 0 . 303 - inch ) Vickers machine gun s mounted in the bow . The S . 67s design allowed a team of six men aboard a cruiser to erect it on its catapult and have it ready for launch within five minutes . Operational history . The S . 67 made its first flight on 28 January 1930 . " Il Centro Sperimentali " ( The Experimental Center ) began testing of the prototype in early March 1930 , during which it crashed on 3 April 1930 . Despite this unfortunate end to the testing program , SIAI received a production order for three more aircraft . One of these was cancelled , but the other two entered service with the 162ª " Squadriglia " ( 162nd Squadron ) of the 88° " Gruppo Caccia Marittima " ( 88th Maritime Fighter Group ) . They were retired in 1935 . Specifications . Notes :