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William Whedbee Kirkland William Whedbee Kirkland ( February 13 , 1833 – May 12 , 1915 ) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He was the only former US Marine to serve as a Confederate general . Early life . Kirkland was born in Hillsborough , Orange County , North Carolina . He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1852 , but did not graduate . Despite this failure , he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in 1855 . He resigned his U . S . commission in 1860 . Civil War . When the Civil War broke out , Kirkland was colonel of the 11th North Carolina Volunteers , later designated the 21st North Carolina . He fought at First Manassas , and , the next year , he participated in Stonewall Jackson ' s Shenandoah Valley Campaign . Kirkland was shot through both thighs during the First Battle of Winchester , putting him out of action for several months . When he returned , Kirkland became chief of staff for Patrick Cleburne during the Murfreesboro campaign in December 1862 . Kirkland returned to active service with his old regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg , taking part during the fighting on July 1 & 2 . He was promoted to brigadier general in August 1863 , and commanded the former brigade of J . Johnston Pettigrew at the Battle of Bristoe Station , where his left arm was fractured by a bullet . In 1864 he fought in the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse before being wounded again at the Battle of Cold Harbor , when he was once again shot in the right thigh . Kirkland was assigned to the command of another brigade in Robert F . Hoke ' s division in August 1864 . Kirkland served under James Longstreet at Richmond , taking part in the attack on Fort Harrison in October 1864 . Transferred to North Carolina in December , Kirkland assisted in the defense of Fort Fisher by forcing back the Federal advance under the command of Benjamin Butler . Later , when the Confederates abandoned the fort and withdrew to Wilmington , he commanded the rear guard and directed events in the fighting at Wise ' s Fork . He fought at Bentonville and surrendered with Joseph E . Johnston on April 26 , 1865 in Durham , North Carolina . After the war , Kirkland settled in Savannah , Georgia , where he worked in the commission business . He later moved to New York and worked for the post office there . An invalid by the end of the century , he spent the last years of his life in a soldier ' s home in Washington , D . C . . Kirkland died on May 12 , 1915 , and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Shepherdstown , West Virginia . Kirkland ' s daughter Bess became famous on the Broadway stage under the name " Odette Tyler . " His family home , Ayr Mount , in Hillsborough , NC , is now a house museum .
Thomas F . Wright Thomas F . Wright ( 1829 – 1872 ) was an officer during the American Civil War . He served in the 2nd California Cavalry Regiment , 6th California Infantry Regiment , 1861 – 1864 , Colonel of the 2nd California Infantry Regiment , October 1865 to May 1866 . He was the son of General George Wright . While commanding the 2nd California Infantry Regiment in 1865 , he oversaw the construction of Camp Grant , Arizona Territory at the confluence of Aravaipa Creek and the San Pedro River , which was briefly known as Camp Wright . After the Civil War he returned to the rank of First Lieutenant and remained in the army for service in the Indian Campaigns . During the Modoc War , while Lieutenant Wright was serving as an officer with the U . S . 12th Infantry Regiment on April 26 , 1873 , he and some of his men were ambushed and killed by Modoc Indians . Wright ' s body was interred in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento , California .
Thomas W . Knox Thomas Wallace Knox ( June 26 , 1835 - January 6 , 1896 ) was a journalist , author , and world traveler , known primarily for his work as a " New York Herald " correspondent during the American Civil War . As an author , Knox wrote over 45 books , including a popular series of travel adventure books for boys . Knox was well known for his written attacks on William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union soldiers , which reintroduced into the public debate the issue of Sherman ' s sanity , and also was controversial for its publishing of important information pertaining to the Vicksburg Campaign . Knox was acquitted on spy charges but found guilty of disobeying orders . Biography . Knox grew up in Pembroke , New Hampshire , and became a teacher , founding an academy in Kingston , New York . In 1860 , at the age of 25 , Knox headed west to take part in the gold rush . He soon latched on with the " Denver Daily News " . Upon the outbreak of the Civil War , Knox enlisted in the California National Guard , where he was made a lieutenant colonel . He was wounded in Missouri skirmish , and subsequently discharged . At that point , Knox returned to journalism , as a correspondent for the " New York Herald " . He soon ran afoul of Sherman . After the war , Knox traveled the world widely , at first with the Russo - American Telegraph Company . These experiences led to more travels and then books for adults and children . Knox never married . From the 1880s onward , when not traveling abroad , he lived at the Lotos Club in Manhattan and spent his summers at the Olympic Club in Bay Shore , Long Island . Knox died at the Lotos Club in January 1896 , shortly after returning from the Sahara .
USS Independence ( 1776 sloop ) USS " Independence " ( 1776 sloop ) was a sloop in the Continental Navy . Acting as a dispatch boat , she was sent to France on a diplomatic mission – carrying important dispatches . While there , John Paul Jones embarked on her , and she received additional salutes to the American Republic from the French . Continental Navy service . " Independence " was a Continental sloop built in Baltimore , Maryland , and purchased and fitted out by the Marine Committee . In September 1776 she cruised under Captain John Young along the Atlantic Ocean coast to the Caribbean Sea to guard American merchant trade in the West Indies . In mid - 1777 she sailed for France , arriving at Lorient in late September with important diplomatic dispatches . She captured two prizes en route and disposed of these in France before the Royal Navy could interfere . She was in Quiberon Bay 14 February 1778 when John Paul Jones in " Ranger " received the first national salute to the flag — the first official recognition of the American Republic by a foreign power . The following morning , Jones embarked in " Independence " and again exchanged salutes . Wrecked on the bar . " Independence " soon sailed for the United States . She was wrecked on the bar 24 April 1778 while attempting to enter Okracoke Inlet , North Carolina .
Brian Binnie William Brian Binnie ( born 1953 ) is a former United States Navy officer and is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne , the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites . History . Binnie was born in West Lafayette , Indiana , where his Scottish father was a professor of physics at Purdue University . The family returned to Scotland when Binnie was five , and lived in Aberdeen ( his father taught at Aberdeen University ) and later in Stirling . When Binnie was a teenager the family moved to Boston . Binnie , an alumnus of Brown and Princeton Universities , served for 21 years in the United States Navy as a naval aviator flying the A - 7 Corsair II , A - 6 Intruder , F / A - 18 Hornet , and AV - 8B Harrier II . He graduated from the U . S . Naval Test Pilot School in 1988 . Binnie also copiloted the Atmospheric Test Vehicle of the Rotary Rocket . In 2006 , he received an Honorary degree from University of Aberdeen . On December 17 , 2003 , the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers ' first powered flight , Binnie piloted the first powered test flight of SpaceShipOne , flight 11P , which reached a top speed of Mach 1 . 2 and a height of 20 . 7 kilometers . On October 4 , 2004 , he piloted SpaceShipOne ' s second Ansari X Prize flight , flight 17P , winning the X Prize and becoming the 435th person to go into space . His flight , which peaked at , set a winged aircraft altitude record , breaking the old record set by the North American X - 15 in 1963 . It also earned him the second set of Astronaut Wings to be given by the FAA for a flight aboard a privately operated commercial spacecraft .
75th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 75th Brigade was a formation of the British Army raised as part of the New Army also known as Kitchener ' s Army and served on the Western Front during the First World War . Formation . 75th Brigade was raised in 1914 as part of 25th Division in the Third New Army ( ' K3 ' ) of ' Kitchener ' s Army ' . 75th Brigade originally comprised volunteer battalions from North West England and fought on the Western Front for two years until it was virtually destroyed during the German Spring Offensive of 1918 . Order of battle . 75th Brigade was originally constituted as follows : Destroyed . After 25th Division was virtually destroyed at the Third Battle of the Aisne ( 27 May – 6 June 1918 ) , 75th Brigade ' s battalions were transferred to other divisions or reduced to training cadres . The divisional and brigade headquarters were ordered back to the UK to rebuild the division . 75th Brigade HQ embarked at Boulogne on 30 June and was joined on board by the training cadres of four battalions also returning to the UK to reform : Reformed . In September 1918 , the Brigade was renumbered the 236th Brigade and sent to serve in North Russia . A new 75th Brigade was organised in France with the following Territorial battalions returned from 48th ( South Midland ) Division on the Italian Front : The reconstituted 75th Brigade fought with 25th Division in the final battles of the Hundred Days Offensive . Commanders . The following officers commanded 75th Brigade : Reformed brigade :
Henry Young ( major ) Henry Harrison Young ( 1841 – 1866 ) was an American Civil War spy from Pawtucket , Rhode Island . As a Union major , he served in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry regiment from 1861 to 1865 . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of Volunteers in 1865 and served as the Chief of Scouts to General Philip H . Sheridan . He commanded a 58 - man scout band , popularly called the " Jessie Scouts " , under General Sheridan in the final months of the war . He was mysteriously killed in 1866 during a military expedition in Mexico . The Scout statue was erected in his honor at the Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence , Rhode Island .
HMS Narcissus ( 1886 ) HMS " Narcissus " was a ship of the " Orlando " - class of first - class cruiser s built in the yards of Earle of Hull and launched on December 15 , 1886 . Future Admiral Ernest Gaunt served aboard her in 1896 as First Lieutenant . In 1901 she was rearmed and refitted to serve as instructional tender to the Excellent , gunnery school , and in late May 1901 was passed into the Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth . She was sold for scrapping on September 11 , 1906 .
Robert Smith ( Cabinet member ) Robert Smith ( November 3 , 1757 – November 26 , 1842 ) was the second United States Secretary of the Navy from 1801 to 1809 and the sixth United States Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811 . He was the brother of Senator Samuel Smith . Smith was born in Lancaster , Pennsylvania . During the American Revolutionary War , he served in the Continental Army and participated in the Battle of Brandywine . He graduated from Princeton in 1781 and began to practice law in Maryland . Smith became the Presidential Elector in the Electoral College for Maryland in 1789 , then a member of state ' s senate from 1793 to 1795 , and finally a member of Maryland ' s house of delegates from 1796 to 1800 . President Thomas Jefferson appointed him as Secretary of the Navy in July , 1801 after William Jones declined the position . On March 2 , 1805 , the Senate confirmed the appointments of Smith as United States Attorney General and Jacob Crowninshield as Secretary of the Navy . However , Crowninshield declined his appointment , so Smith briefly served as both Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy . Eventually , President Jefferson appointed John Breckinridge to replace Smith as Attorney General and Smith resumed his role as a full - time Secretary of the Navy . Smith finally left the office of Secretary of the Navy with the end of President Jefferson ' s administration on March 4 , 1809 . Jefferson ' s successor , President James Madison , immediately appointed Smith as Secretary of State , an office which he held from March 6 , 1809 until his forced resignation on April 1 , 1811 . Smith was closely allied with his brother , Maryland Senator Samuel Smith . He bitterly opposed Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin . Madison thought he could be his own Secretary of State , but Smith so often pursued opposite policies that Madison finally demanded his resignation . In Madison ' s April 1811 “ Memorandum on Robert Smith ” the president offered a laundry list of Smith ' s shortcomings : he questioned Smith ' s loyalty ; he found Smith ' s diplomatic correspondence wanting ; he had been indiscreet in conversations with the British ; and he had opposed the Administration ' s efforts to secure concessions from Britain and France by limiting trade . Apparently Smith was bewildered by these and other charges leveled by Madison and published an exoneration of himself , " Robert Smith ' s Address to the People of the United States , " an attack on Madison ' s foreign policy . Madison offered Smith the post of ambassador to Russia , currently then held by John Quincy Adams . Smith considered the offer , but in the end , he refused the post . Smith became the president of the not - yet - fully - organized American Bible Society in 1813 . In 1818 , he became the founding president of the Maryland Agriculture Society and afterwards retired to a more private life where he enjoyed his wealth . Robert Smith died in Baltimore , Maryland , on November 26 , 1842 . The USS " Robert Smith " was named for him .
USS Antietam ( CV - 36 ) The USS Antietam ( CV - 36 ) is a aircraft carrier of U . S Navy belonging to the " Long Hull " ships of the Essex Class . The name of the ship is based in the Battle of Antietam , it was descomissioned and sold as scrap in 1974 . History . The aircraft carrier was commissioned on Jan . 28 , 1945 . During the Korean War , he made one trip to the belligerent shores : September 8 , 1951 - May 2 , 1952 . In November 1951 calling for boarding the plane crashed , a fire broke out , during which six people were killed and 10 injured , 7 aircraft burned . In 1952 he underwent refits and received the experimental angular deck . Reclassified as an aircraft carrier strike , October 1 , 1952 received an index CVA - 36 , August 1 , 1953 was again reclassified as anti - aircraft carrier assigned to index CVS - 36 . On April 21 , 1957 served as the base for the aircraft Training Center Naval Aviation in Pensacola . May 4 , 1961 has risen from the board of an aircraft carrier with two balloon aeronaut in an open gondola climbed to a record height of 34 , 668 meters . September 11 , 1961 , alongside with sister ship " Shangri - La " participated in the humanitarian assist after a hurricane in Galveston , Texas . From 2 to 6 November 1961 also participated in after a hurricane in the coast of British Honduras . May 8 , 1963 it was removed to the reserve after 10 years , May 1 , 1973 decommissioned , 28 February 1974 and sold to cut the metal .
Percy B . Molesworth Percy Braybrooke Molesworth ( 2 April 1867 , Colombo – 25 December 1908 ) was a Major in the corps of Royal Engineers and an amateur astronomer . Life and work . Molesworth was the youngest son of Sir Guildford Molesworth , and was educated at Winchester College . He obtained his commission in the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1886 and was stationed at Fort Camden until 1891 . He then was ordered to Hong Kong and three years later moved to Trincomalee on Ceylon ( now called Sri Lanka ) . He retired in 1906 intending to pursue astronomy full - time at his estate at Trincomalee , but he died of dysentery before he could realize his plans . He is buried in the St Stephen ' s Cemetery in Docklands Road Trincomalee and the grave is two to the left of the memorial to the Royal Engineers . The inscription can be still seen clearly on the stone , as at Sept 19th 2013 . He was a founding member of the British Astronomical Association in 1890 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1898 . Molesworth was a talented observer creating first - class drawings of Mars and Jupiter in the years 1903 to 1905 . He is credited with discovering a " great disturbance " in the southern bands of Jupiter on 28 February 1901 . Known as the " South Tropical Disturbance " it lasted for close to forty years . A crater on Mars was named in his honour . The Reflector Telescope that he used was gifted to the University of Colombo many years after his death . It was used till 1988 , when bandits looted the telescopes metallic parts and sold them for scrap . It hasn ' t been used since , and can still be seen at the Astronomy dome of the University at Reid Avenue , Colombo 7 .
RCAF Station Dafoe RCAF Station Dafoe was a Second World War Royal Canadian Air Force station located near Dafoe , Saskatchewan , Canada . The station was home to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ' s No . 5 Bomber and Gunnery School . The school opened January 1941 and closed January 1945 . Aircraft used include the Westland Lysander , Bristol Bolingbroke , Avro Anson , and Fairey Battle .
87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion ( United States ) The 87th Support Battalion ( Corps ) was constituted on 1 May 1936 in the U . S . Army as the 87th Separate Quartermaster Battalion ( Light Maintenance ) at Fort Des Moines , Iowa . In November 1942 , the battalion arrived in Africa . Assigned to II Corps , it was to provide 3rd Echelon Maintenance and Supply to Corps troops , 1st Infantry , 1st Armored and 34th Infantry Divisions in and around Oran , Algeria . In early 1943 , the battalion was assigned to Fifth Army and then to the 1st Destroyer Group which operated south of Oran near Sebban . By September 1943 , the battalion boarded the USS Korea for movement to Salerno , Italy . Between September 1943 and July 1945 , the battalion established a number of ammunition supply points throughout Italy , ranging from Prestum to Monecatini . In addition , the unit was tasked to provide material while working under adverse conditions . The unit handled 89 , 499 tons of ammunition during a 30 - day period . The battalion earned six battle streamers for participating in six major campaigns in North Africa and Italy . It also received a Meritorious Unit Commendation with streamer embroidered " EUROPEAN THEATER . " On 2 December 1990 , the battalion advance party arrived in Saudi Arabia and on 15 December , the battalion began its movement to the desert in support of Operation Desert Shield . Immediately following Operation Desert Shield , the 87th Maintenance Battalion began preparation to reorganize from Wertheim , Germany to Fort Stewart as part of the Army European drawdown . The unit completed this mission on 1 Jan . 1992 . On 30 September 1992 , the battalion deployed troops to Homestead Air Force Base , Florida , for Operation Hurricane Andrew Relief , to help support the citizens after a major national disaster . The troops returned on 6 November 1992 . On 16 October 1993 , the battalion was officially re - designated as the 87th Support Battalion ( Corps ) with the motto : “ Base of the Pyramid . ” On 11 September 1994 , the battalion deployed to Operation Vigilant Warrior , Kuwait . While deployed , the battalion provided all classes of support to the 24th Infantry Division ( Mechanized ) deployed in theater . From January 2005 to February 2006 , the battalion deployed to Camp Taji , Iraq where they provided all classes of support , convoy security , force protection , and division distribution to the 3rd Infantry Division . The battalion drove more than two million miles , transporting multiple classes of supply , supporting election operations , and moving several combat units within the division ' s area of responsibility . The battalion also supported port operations as part of the division ' s redeployment .
ASTAR ( company ) Agrupación Social Trabajadores Armeros , S . A . L . ( ASTAR ) , was a Spanish firearms company . STAR Firearms ' remaining company assets were merged with Astra Firearms . The new company began making weapons under the name ASTAR . Another semi - merger , an employee driven one , occurred with IPAR Guns in Eibar , a company which produces spare parts for some STAR and ASTRA guns and also services them . ASTAR ' s products have not been offered for sale in the United States .
Owen W . Siler Admiral Owen Wesley Siler ( January 10 , 1922 – July 17 , 2007 ) served as the fifteenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1974 to 1978 . Biography . Siler was born in Seattle , Washington and raised in Santa Maria , California where he attended Santa Maria High School . He graduated from Santa Maria Junior College ( now Allan Hancock College ) in 1940 , and transferred to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London , Connecticut , graduating a year early due to World War II . Upon graduation , he was assigned to the assault troop transport ship , , and participated in the invasion of Bougainville . During the war , he quickly advanced through the ranks serving as Gunnery Officer , Assistant Navigator , and Deck Watch officer . In the immediate aftermath of the war , he participated in the U . S . occupation of Northern Honshū , Japan . Upon returning to the United States in April , 1946 , he briefly served as a Personnel Officer at the Coast Guard Training Center in Alameda , California , before his assignment as Navigator of the USCGC Taney . He received a Master of Science degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in 1968 . His Coast Guard career highlights included serving as a deck officer afloat , as an aviator performing search and rescue patrols , and ashore in the law enforcement , marine safety and environmental protection fields . Other assignments included chief of the search and rescue branch in Juneau , Alaska , deputy chief of staff in Washington , and commanding officer at Air Station Miami , where the station received a Coast Guard unit commendation for Cuban exodus operations during October and November 1965 . From 1971 until his appointment as Commandant , he served as Commander of the St . Louis - based 2nd Coast Guard District . During Siler ' s tenure as commandant he instituted a minority recruiting program and was instrumental in having women admitted to the United States Coast Guard Academy , making it the first of the military service academies to do so . He also oversaw the expansion of the Coast Guard ' s marine environmental protection program , with the passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976 , to include an increase of the service ' s jurisdiction along the nation ' s coastline to more than two million square miles . Following his retirement from the Coast Guard , he moved to Savannah , Georgia . He died from complications of heart failure at the age of 85 in Atlanta , Georgia , and was buried in Savannah .
Battle of Höchstädt ( 1800 ) The Battle of Höchstädt was fought on 19 June 1800 on the North bank of the Danube near Höchstädt , and resulted in a French victory under General Jean Victor Marie Moreau against the Austrians under Baron Pál Kray . The Austrians were subsequently forced back into the fortress town of Ulm .