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Battle of Yellow Bayou The Battle of Yellow Bayou took place on May 18 , 1864 between Union and Confederate forces . After learning of Confederate forces in Yellow Bayou , Brig . Gen . Joseph A . Mower was ordered to halt their advance . Union forces subsequently attacked the Confederates and drove them back to their main line . The Confederates then counter - attacked , forcing the Union forces to retreat , until they eventually repulsed the Confederate attack . This “ see - saw ” action lasted a few hours , until the ground cover caught fire and both sides were forced to retreat . Background . Maj . Gen . Nathaniel P . Banks during his retreat in the Red River Campaign , following the Battle of Mansfield and Battle of Pleasant Hill , reached the Atchafalaya River on May 17 . Once on the other side of the river , he would be shielded from the continuous Confederate harassment . But , he had to wait to cross the river until the army engineers constructed a bridge . The battle . On May 18 , Banks learned that Maj . Gen . Richard Taylor ’ s force was near Yellow Bayou , so he ordered Brig . Gen . A . J . Smith to stop them . Since Smith could not comply himself , he ordered Brig . Gen . Joseph A . Mower to meet Taylor . The Yankees attacked and drove the Rebels to their main line . The Confederates counterattacked , forcing the Federals to give ground . The Union force finally repulsed the Confederates . This see - saw action continued for several hours until the ground cover caught fire forcing both sides to retire . Aftermath . Yellow Bayou was the last battle of Banks ’ s ill - fated Red River Expedition , and it ensured that the Federals would escape as an army to fight again .
Goodale Park Goodale Park is a public park in the Victorian Village area of Columbus , Ohio . It was donated to the city in 1851 by Lincoln Goodale . For a few months during the Civil War , it was a staging area for Union troops known as Camp Jackson . ComFest , a large , free , non - corporate , music and arts annual festival , is held in the park in June . Located immediately north of downtown Columbus , the park is bordered by Goodale Street on the South , Park Street on the East , Buttles Avenue on the North , and Dennison Avenue on the West . Camp Jackson During Civil War . From April to June 1861 , the park was used as a staging area for new recruits for the Union Army . The camp started in April when Governor William Dennison , at the urging of President Lincoln , called on Ohio communities to revive their militia s and send them to Columbus . A high picket fence is erected around the camp , and the curious public mills around all day . Few visitors are allowed in . There are reports that the troops eat very well while in the camp . The Governor ’ s Guards , a corps of soldiers stationed at the camp , marched through Columbus on a Saturday morning to urge the local people to show their patriotism and enlist in the cause . A Captain Morrow was so successful that his company grew so large with new recruits that he had to start a second company of troops and that one was nearly full . " Any young man interested in enlisting in this company , “ B ” of the 3rd Regiment , is told to call at Camp Jackson at an early hour . " In June , Camp Jackson ' s military operations are transferred to Camp Chase , west of Cincinnati , and Camp Jackson reverts to being a public park . During its peak , about 8000 troops were stationed at the camp . Among the officers stationed at the camp were two future presidents : Rutherford B . Hayes and William McKinley .
11th Army ( German Empire ) The 11th Army ( ) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I . It was formed in March 1915 in Kassel originally to serve on the Western Front but was transported to Galicia for service on the Eastern Front . The army was dissolved on 8 September 1915 , but reformed on 23 September 1916 for the Serbian Campaign . It was finally dissolved on 7 January 1919 . History . The 11th Army was formed in early 1915 . It briefly fought on the Western Front during the Battle of Ypres , holding the line against the Allied attack . On April 22 , it was transferred and placed with the Austrian 4th Army under Mackensen ' s command , behind the Gorlice – Tarnow gap , south of the Vistula River . In July 1915 , the 11th Army advanced into Russian territory in a general German offensive . It continued to fight on the Eastern Front until the armistice in 1917 . It was then re - deployed to the Western Front where it took part in the German spring offensive in 1918 . After the German surrender in November 1918 , the 11th Army was disbanded . Commanders . 11th Army had the following commanders until absorbed by " Heeresgruppe " Mackensen on 8 September 1915 : The " new " 11th Army had the following commanders :
HMS Kingsmill ( K484 ) HMS " Kingsmill " ( K484 ) was a British Captain - class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II . Originally constructed as the United States Navy " Evarts " - class destroyer escort DE - 280 , she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 and then in the U . S . Navy as USS " Kingsmill " ( DE - 280 ) from August to October 1945 . Construction and transfer . The ship was ordered on 25 January 1942 as the U . S . Navy destroyer escort DE - 280 . She was laid down by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston , Massachusetts , on 9 July 1943 and launched on 13 August 1943 . The United States transferred her to the United Kingdom under Lend - Lease on 29 October 1943 . Service history . Royal Navy , 1943 - 1945 . The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS " Kingsmill " ( K484 ) under the command of Lieutenant George Henry Cook , RN , on 29 October 1943 simultaneously with her transfer . She served on patrol and escort duty in the English Channel during World War II . In addition , she supported the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 and took part in Operation Infatuate , the British and Canadian invasion of Walcheren Island in the Netherlands , in November 1944 . The Royal Navy returned " Kingsmill " to the U . S . Navy on 22 August 1945 at Harwich , England . U . S . Navy , 1945 . The ship was commissioned into the U . S . Navy as USS " Kingsmill " ( DE - 280 ) with Lieutenant Commander George B . Calkins , USN , in command , at Harwich on 22 August 1945 simultaneously with her return . She departed Harwich on 26 August 1945 and steamed to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , where she arrived on 8 September 1945 . She remained there until she was decommissioned on 26 October 1945 . Disposal . The U . S . Navy struck " Kingsmill " from its Naval Vessel Register on 16 November 1945 . She was sold on 17 February 1947 for scrapping .
USS Portunus ( ARC - 1 ) USS " Portunus " ( ARC - 1 ) was an " LSM - 1 " - class landing ship medium acquired by the U . S . Navy for use during World War II as a landing craft for troops and , later , as a cable repair ship . " Portunus " was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co . , Newark , New Jersey , as " LSM – 275 " 1 August 1944 ; launched 11 September 1944 ; and commissioned 6 October 1944 . World War II service . After shakedown off Norfolk , Virginia , " LSM – 275 " steamed for Key West , Florida , the Panama Canal , and San Diego , California , before reaching Pearl Harbor 28 January 1945 . Landing troops in battle areas . After a trip to Guam she steamed from Pearl Harbor in task unit TU 51 . 13 . 4 via Eniwetok and Saipan to Okinawa to land troops and supplies on the “ last stepping stone ” to Japan . Departing in TU 51 . 29 . 22 , 25 April while the battle for Okinawa was still going on , she steamed via Saipan to Ulithi , arriving 5 May . Departing 28 June she then put into Tulagi , the Russells , Eniwetok , Guam , and Saipan , before reaching Pearl Harbor 19 August , 5 days after the war ’ s end . On 4 December she departed Pearl Harbor for San Diego . She steamed between San Diego , San Pedro , and San Francisco during the first half of 1946 , then reported to Com 19th Fleet at San Diego 18 September ; underwent inactivation overhaul ; and decommissioned 21 April 1947 at San Pedro . Recommissioned as a cable laying ship . Ordered activated in 1951 , " LSM – 275 " was redesignated as a cable laying and repair ship " ARC – 1 " on 14 December , and recommissioned 2 July 1952 . She operated off California ports for the next 11 months , then , on 1 June 1953 , got underway for the U . S . East Coast . The ship was named " Portunus " 13 July 1953 . Attached to the 3rd Naval District , she laid cable off Cape May , New Jersey , and off Bermuda before conducting ocean bottom surveys and cable operations off Colombia ’ s Atlantic and Pacific coasts , 13 October to 31 October . Returning to New York , " Portunus " underwent overhaul and on 8 March 1954 resumed cable operations , first in the approaches to New York , off Sandy Hook , New Jersey , then off Bermuda . From 1955 to 1959 she continued to lay cable , off Key West , off Sandy Hook , off Bermuda , off Wood Island , Maine , off Nantucket Island , in the Narragansett area , and off Little Creek , Virginia . During this period she continued to base at the New York Shipyard , Brooklyn , and to periodically pick up cable at Newington , New Hampshire . Decommissioning . She decommissioned at New York 30 April 1959 , and her name was struck from the Navy List 1 May 1959 . She was transferred to Portugal under the Military Assistance Program ; delivered on 16 November 1959 ; and commissioned 18 November as " Medusa " ( A 5214 ) . Into 1970 she served in the Portuguese Navy . Military awards and honors . " Portunus " earned one battle star for World War II service
Asoka de Silva ( Admiral ) Vice Admiral A . H . Asoka de Silva , VSV , ndc , psc , SLN ( 1931 – December 22 , 2006 ) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1983 to 1986 . He was a Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cuba . Early life & education . Born to a renowned surgeon and one time superintendent of the De Soyza Maternity Hospital in Colombo , Dr . A . H . T de Silva and Mrs . Beatrice de Silva ( née Rodrigo - daughter of Mudaliyar Thomas Rodrigo ) , Asoka was the third child of a family of eight members . Educated at the prestigious Royal College , Colombo where he was the senior sergeant commanding the Royal College cadet contingent . de Silva joined the then Royal Ceylon Navy as an Officer Cadet , soon after leaving school in 1950 . After completing his assault - training course he was sent to Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth for basic training . There he became a Midshipman and subsequently as an acting Sub Lieutenant . In later years he would receive specialized training in communication at HMS Mercury , thereafter attend the Royal Naval College , Greenwich and graduate from the Defence Services Staff College , Wellington and the National Defence College , New Delhi . Naval career . In 1953 he was commissioned to the rank of Sub Lieutenant after completing basic training after which he was elevated to the rank of Lieutenant in 1955 , Lieutenant Commander in and 1963 . From 1969 to 1970 he was the defence attaché , at the Sri Lanka High Commission in London before being promoted to Commander in November 1970 . After which he was the commanding officer HMCyS Gajabahu the flag ship of the fleet and the Co - ordinating Officer of the Polonnaruwa District during the 1971 Insurrection . He was the Naval Officer - in Charge of Trincomalee when he was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1973 after which he was the Master of MV Lanka Kanthi of the Ceylon Shipping Corporation before becoming Chief Staff Officer ( Operations ) . He went on to serve as the Co - ordinating Officer TAFII ( East ) and Director Naval Operations when on February 4 , 1978 he was made Commodore . July 1 , 1979 he assumed duties as the Chief of Staff at Naval Headquarters , SLNS Ranagala after which he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral . In June 1983 he was made Commander of the Navy , a post he would hold till his retirement at the age of 55 , on 1 November 1986 at which point he became the first Sri Lankan Officer to be elevated to the rank of Vice Admiral in the Sri Lanka Navy . Simultaneously acting as the Commander - in - Chief of the joint Services Special Operations Command Headquarters established in Vavuniya . During his long career in the Navy he received the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya , the Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal and clasp , President ' s Inauguration Medal , the Purna Bhumi Padakkama and the Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal . Vice Admiral Asoka de Silva was also the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Navy Sports Board and Chairman of the Defence Services Sports Board . Later life . After retirement , he become Sri Lanka ' s Ambassador to Cuba .
Annapolis - class destroyer The " Annapolis " class destroyer escort was a class of ships that saw service with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces from the 1960s - 1990s . The RCN had intended to place a six ship order under the " Mackenzie " - class of destroyer escorts ; however , the last two vessels were built to the " St . Laurent " - class DDH design and were classed under the new " Annapolis " - class designation . Both ships spent the majority of their career split between Canada ' s Pacific and Atlantic coasts with the " Annapolis " being at Esquimalt and " Nipigon " at Halifax . The two " Annapolis " - class destroyers were built late enough to incorporate the helicopter hangar retrofitted to the " St . Laurent " - class . HMCS " Nipigon " underwent a DELEX ( DEstroyer Life EXtension ) refit in 1982 to upgrade combat , radar and weapons systems and HMCS " Annapolis " followed in 1984 . " Nipigon " remained in the fleet until 1998 as a trials ship for the ETASS Mod 5 towed sonar system which was a precursor to the CANTASS ( Canadian Towed Array Sonar System ) that is currently fitted on the " Halifax " - class of frigates . Except for the replenishment ships HMCS Protecteur and Preserver , " Nipigon " was the last steam - powered warship to serve in the Canadian Forces . These ships were among the first to take a new approach to helicopter operations from small warships . Unlike the British , who fitted a small helicopter ( Westland Wasp ) on their frigates with only a minimum of redesign , the RCN decided to use the far more capable and sophisticated CH - 124 Sea King . The disadvantage of this approach is the fact that a considerable amount of surface area on the mothership has to be sacrificed to accommodate the helicopter . On the other hand , the helicopter itself is far more capable and can operate even in poor weather conditions : a considerable advantage in the polar region .
Albert Hektor Albert Hektor was an Oberscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Albert Hektor was born on the 23 October 1919 , in Emmersweiler in the Saarland . He volunteered to join the SS - VT and took part in the Anschluss of Austria . During World War II he took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Eastern Front Medal which was awarded to all who suffered through the first Russian winter of the war . By 194 he had been promoted to Oberscharführer and was a platoon commander in the 7th Company , 24th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment " Danemark " , 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division " Nordland " and was awarded the Knight ' s Cross in August 1944 , for his bravery during the Battle for Narva Bridgehead together with Hauptsturmführer Martin Gürz . Hektor did not survive the war but was killed in action near Hartberg in Austria on the 9 April 1945 .
Air Force Department Constabulary The Air Force Department Constabulary was a police force in the United Kingdom formed as a result of the Special Constables Act 1923 . Policing at Air Ministry establishments was originally provided by the Metropolitan Police and County Constabularies . They were replaced by warders , later styled Air Ministry Constables . In 1964 the Force was renamed the Air Force Department Constabulary . The Ministry of Defence Police absorbed the AFDC in 1971 , along with the Army Department Constabulary and the Admiralty Constabulary .
USS Orvetta ( 1861 ) USS " Orvetta " ( 1861 ) was a schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries . " Orvetta " was purchased by the Navy at New York City 1 October 1861 from E . & D . Bigelow , agents ; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 27 January 1862 , Acting Master Francis E . Blanchard in command . Fitted out with mortars and assigned to the Mississippi River . One of 21 schooners fitted out with mortars for a bomb flotilla organized by Comdr . David Dixon Porter to support Flag Officer David Farragut ’ s deep draft ships in their attack on New Orleans , " Orvetta " sailed down the Atlantic coast , across the Gulf of Mexico , and into the Mississippi River through Pass a l ’ Outre below Fort St . Philip and Fort Jackson , 18 April 1862 . " Orvetta " and her sister schooners opened fire and maintained the barrage on the Confederate fortifications until the 24th when Farragut ’ s salt water ships passed the forts . The next day New Orleans , Louisiana , surrendered . The schooner subsequently supported operations in the Mississippi River , especially against Vicksburg and served in the Gulf of Mexico . Post - war decommissioning and sale . After the war she decommissioned at New York City 3 July 1865 and was sold at auction there to a Mr . Henseman 15 August 1865 . Her mortar is now a memorial in Bristol , New Hampshire .
Battle of Kunfuda Bay The Battle of qouz Bay was the largest naval battle of the Italo - Turkish War . On January 7 of 1912 , the Italian protected cruiser " Piemonte " and the destroyer s " Artigliere " and " Garibaldino " discovered twelve Ottoman ships near the present day Kunfuda , Saudi Arabia in Qouz Bay . For over three hours the vessels engaged and in the end four Turkish gunboat s were sunk and one yacht was captured along with four large dhow s . Three remaining gunboats were heavily damaged during the battle and grounded on the beach . The Italians sailors destroyed these vessels the following morning before steaming away to blockade Hodeidah .
170th Infantry Division ( Wehrmacht ) The 170th Infantry Division ( German : " 170 . Infanterie - Division " ) was a German division in World War II . It fought on the eastern front for much of the war . Operational history . The division was formed on 1 December 1939 .
Buchlov The Buchlov castle is a royal castle that , along with Bare Hill " ( Czech : Holý kopec ) " and Saint Barbara ’ s Chapel , belongs to significant dominants of Chřiby mountains in Moravian Slovakia , which is a region in south - eastern Moravia , Czech Republic . History . The castle was built approximately in the first part of the 13th century , but archaeological finds suggest that the area around Buchlov castle was settled in the oldest periods of civilization . The function of the castle was defensive , agricultural and administrative as well . The first form of the castle had a similar ground - plan as buildings of that era . It was created by two massive prismatic towers situated on opposite parts of a rocky plateau . A high palace on the southern part of the yard was built at the same time and it was surrounded by a wall . The second constructional period proceeded already in 70 ’ s of the 13th century . Another tower was built and in the second floor of this tower there was a chapel that belonged to the most valuable objects of early Gothic architecture of the day . There is an opinion that a model for this chapel was one of French royal chapels . Unfortunately , during later capturing of Buchlov Castle by armies of Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus in the second half of the 15th century , the chapel was destroyed so much that it was abandoned . It was replaced by two large rooms serving as store and depository . And although the castle was a permanent possession of a king until the 16th century , it was often given in pawn to aristocratic clans . Nobles of Cimburk owned it in the end of the 15th century . At that time a representative chivalric hall was built . In the year 1511 the castle was given to a private hold , and from the 16th to 18th century various Moravian clans changed its hold . The most important were the nobles of Žerotín , Zástřizl and Petřvald . Constructional work continued in Renaissance style . Some parts of the castle were added in baroque style . However , in 1701 , the Buchlovice Castle was finished and in 1751 the owners moved there indefinitely . The last holders became earls of Berchtold ’ s clan in the year 1800 . A family museum came into existence in the castle thanks to the brothers Leopold I Berchtold and Bedřich Berchtold . In the half of 19th century the museum was opened to public . The castle was confiscated on the bases of Beneš decrees in 1945 and became the ownership of Czechoslovakia . Later , it was also added to a list of national cultural monuments . Nowadays it is open to public . Day and night visits with many cultural programmes and actions are held during the year . Saint Barbara ’ s Chapel . Saint Barbara ’ s Chapel also called " Barborka " came into existence in the 13th century , and it was used as a funeral crypt for holders of a manor of Buchlov . Later it was rebuilt and finished in the year 1672 . It is built in early baroque style on a cruciform plan with a central cupola . It is one kilometre far away from Buchlov castle . Two pilgrimage divine services are held to this day .
Alfred Bernhard Dr . Alfred Martin Bernhard ( 23 March 1919 – 3 May 1987 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Alfred Bernhard was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 and was released in 1949 .
Ewald Burian Ewald Burian ( 12 July 1896 – 3 November 1981 ) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .