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Nicola Marschall Nicola Marschall ( 1829 – 1917 ) was a German - American artist who supported the Confederate cause during the American Civil War . He designed the original Confederate flag , the Stars and Bars , as well as the official grey uniform of the Confederate army . Biography . Marschall was born in St . Wendel , Germany in 1829 to a wealthy Prussia n family of tobacco merchants . He emigrated to the United States in 1849 through New Orleans , Louisiana , headed for the home of a relative in Mobile , Alabama . In 1851 he relocated to Marion , Alabama , where he began teaching art first at his portrait studio , and then at the Marion Female Seminary . During this time he briefly returned to Germany to further his art technique . Mary Clay Lockett , wife of prominent Marion attorney Napoleon Lockett , requested Marschall to take part in the competition to create a new flag to represent the Confederate States of America . Marschall ' s design became the first Confederate flag , first raised in Montgomery , Alabama on March 4 , 1861 . During the Civil War Marschall served in the Second Regiment of Confederate Engineer Troops , under Samuel Lockett . After the war he returned to Marion and married Martha Eliza Marshall . During his career he painted portraits of Jefferson Davis , Abraham Lincoln , Otto von Bismarck , various Southern families , and Confederate and Union soldiers . He was one of the few who was able to have Nathan Bedford Forrest pose for him . Additionally , he did many landscapes and religious paintings . He was known to sign and date his portraits using a steel pen while the paint was still wet , at the bottom - right of the portrait . Due to the economic depression in the South following the war , he returned to Mobile in 1872 . In 1873 he and his family moved to Louisville , Kentucky , as his friends told him it would be an easier place to gain commissions to do portraits . At the Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 , he won a medal for his portraits . In 1908 he gave up working on portraits . He died in Louisville on February 24 , 1917 and was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery .
HMS London ( 1670 ) HMS " London " was a 96 - gun first - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built by Christopher Pett at Deptford Dockyard until his death in March 1668 , and completed by Jonas Shish and launched in 1670 . She was rebuilt at Chatham Dockyard in 1706 as a 100 - gun first rate . In 1721 " London " was enlarged slightly , giving her a tonnage of 1711 Long ton ( 1738 . 5 tonnes ) . She was broken up in 1747 .
1st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk , Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on May 14 , 1861 for ninety days ' service under Abraham Lincoln ' s first call for volunteers . The regiment was mustered out on August 20 , 1861 . Total strength and casualties . Unit strength was 959 . The regiment suffered 1 officer and 19 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 8 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 28 fatalities . Wilson ' s Creek . The loss of the regiment at Wilson ' s Creek was 13 killed , 141 wounded and 4 missing .
Sahuarita Air Force Range The Sahuarita Air Force Range , also known as the Sahuarita Bombing & Gunnery Range , was built just east of Sahuarita , Arizona , in 1942 . It was used for the training of bombardiers , aerial gunner s , anti - aircraft gunners , and others during World War II and the Korean War . The abandoned Sahuarita Flight Strip is located in the southwestern corner of the range , and was used as an emergency flight strip until 1978 . Before deactivation , the airspace over the range was protected by its own restricted area , R - 310 . History . The range was completed by April 1942 , shortly after the United States joined in the war , and was called the Sahuarita Bombing & Gunnery Range . It was located approximately twenty miles southeast of Tucson and about two miles east of Sahuarita . The range itself spanned 27 , 045 - acres and consisted of multiple large round targets made of stone . Most of the range was located east of the town , although some areas that are now part of Sahuarita ' s northern end were also used . The Sahuarita Flight Strip wasn ' t opened until 1943 . Before that time , the air crewmen who used the facility were flying out of Davis - Monthan Army Airfield . The Sahuarita airfield had twelve buildings and other structures , observation towers , a 5 , 540 - foot paved runway , utility lines , and a range for radio - controlled aircraft operations . After World War II ended , the range was closed , but in 1950 it was reopened again and renamed the Sahuarita Air Force Range . Most of those who used the range at this time were bomber crews flying out of Carswell Air Force Base in Texas . After the Korean War , the Strategic Air Command kept the airfield in service as an emergency flight strip , even though it was " dangerously close " to the targets used for training . In 1978 , the range was finally closed when the federal government released the lands to the public . The land is now owned by the State of Arizona , which has leased most of it to a cattle rancher . It was noted that in 1978 , 2 , 550 acres of the range were cleared of explosive ordnance . As of today , a school and a park occupy the site of the airfield , although most of the flight strip remains intact . There have been " only a few " bombs found on the range over the years , as well as other objects that resemble bombs , but most of the bombs dropped by the military were actually " dummies , " which were filled with sand . However , officials from the Army Corps of Engineers say that there is still a chance that unexploded ordnance remains buried in the ground . Lloyd Godard , a project manager with the Corps of Engineers ' Los Angeles regional office , said : " On any bombing range , there ' s always a chance that things could have gone under the surface . . . High explosives were used on one of the Sahuarita range target areas . "
48th Battalion Iowa Volunteer Infantry The 48th Battalion Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry battalion that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men , an effort to augment existing manpower for an all - out push to end the war within 100 days . Service . The 48th Iowa Infantry was organized as Companies A , B , and C at Davenport , Iowa , and mustered in for one - hundred days federal service on July 13 , 1864 as part of a plan to raise short term regiments for service as rear area garrison duty to release veteran troops for Sherman ' s Atlanta Campaign . As there were not enough recruits to complete an entire regiment in the time allotted , the unit was redesignated a battalion . The battalion spent its entire service guarding prisoners of war at the Rock Island Barracks , Illinois . The battalion was mustered out on October 21 , 1864 . Total strength and casualties . 358 men served in the 48th Iowa Battalion at one time or another . Four enlisted men died of disease .
Charles Nollet Charles Marie Edouard Nollet was a French general and government minister , chairman of the Military Inter - Allied Commission of Control from 1919 to 1924 , and Minister of War 1924 - 1925 . Nollet was born 29 January 1865 at Marseilles and died in 1941 at Clermont - Ferrand . He enlisted in the French army in 1884 , in 1902 serving as an instructor in a military school . During the First World War be commanded the French 48th Infantry Brigade in 1914 , the 66th Infantry Division in 1915 , and XII Army Corps in 1916 . Following the war , Nollet was Chairman of the Military Inter - Allied Commission of Control . He was appointed to the Supreme War Council in 1921 , remaining a member until 1930 . Nollet was Minister of War from 14 June 1924 to 16 April 1925 in the first government of Édouard Herriot . He was a Grand Chancellor of the Legion d ' Honneur from 7 January 1934 , and was awarded the Medaille Militaire in 1928 .
Théophile Henri Condemine Lieutenant Colonel Théophile Henri Condemine , or Henri Théophile Condemine , was a French soldier and fighter pilot who began his military career during World War I . He became a flying ace credited with nine confirmed aerial victories , all against observation balloons . He also served during World War II . World War I . Condemine joined the French military on a three - year enlistment on 10 February 1914 , and was assigned to the cavalry . He was promoted to enlisted brigadier on 1 August 1914 ; on 26 April 1916 , he was promoted again , to marechal - des - logis . On 3 December 1916 , he was detached to infantry duty . While in this assignment , he was commissioned as a sous - lieutenant . On 29 July 1917 , he was severely wounded in the face , but carried on despite a German artillery barrage . A month later , he was awarded the " Legion d ' honneur " for this action . After healing , Condemine was transferred to aviation training at Chartres , arriving the day before Christmas in 1917 . On 10 March 1918 , he was granted Military Pilot ' s Brevet Number 12102 ; two days later , he was sent to Pau for advanced training . Early on 22 August 1918 , he arrived at Escadrille 154 to serve as a SPAD XIII pilot ; at noon , he scored his first aerial victory , teaming with Paul Y . R . Waddington and Louis Prosper Gros to destroy a German observation balloon . On 7 September , he destroyed a balloon singlehanded . A week later , he teamed with Michel Coiffard to destroy a balloon over Gernicourt and another one at Cormicy . The next day , Condemine , Coiffard , and Jacques Ehrlich downed three more balloons in two minutes . Condemine rounded out his career as a balloon buster with solo victories a week apart , on 3 and 10 October 1918 , the last two wins for his squadron . On 28 October , he flew a protective escort for Coiffard after the latter ' s wounding during his final fatal mission . Post World War I . Condemine survived the war . He returned to service during World War II , rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel .
Maghinardo Pagani Maghinardo Pagani ( or Pagano ) of Susinana ( died 1302 ) was an Italian " condottiero " and statesman living in the 13th - 14th centuries . He was seignior of Faenza and Imola , and attempted unsuccessfully to conquer also Forlì . During the wars between Guelphs and Ghibellines , he sided initially for the former , fighting for Florence against Arezzo at the battle of Campaldino . Later , however , he was a long stance champion of the Ghibellines of Romagna , in alliance with the Ordelaffi of Forlì . His granddaughter Marzia degli Ubaldini married Francesco II Ordelaffi , Lord of Forlì .
87th Punjabis The 87th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army . They could trace their origins to 1798 , when they were raised as the 1st Battalion , 14th Madras Native Infantry . The regiments first action was in the Battle of Mahidpur during the Third Anglo - Maratha War . Their next battle were in the Siege of Lucknow and the Capture of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . They were next sent into Burma to take part in the Second Burmese War in 1885 . In January 1900 the regiment was posted in Mauritius . During World War I they spent much of the time guarding the North West Frontier against incursions by Afghan tribesmen . They did send 1 , 400 men as reinforcements to other regiments and in 1917 , were sent to take part in the Mesopotamia Campaign , After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments . In 1922 , the 87th Punjabis became the 5th Battalion , 2nd Punjab Regiment . This regiment was allocated to the Indian Army after independence .
French ship Cassard ( 1803 ) Cassard was an improved 74 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy . Along with her sister - ship , she carried 24 - pounder long gun s on her upper deck , a featured normally reserved for the larger , three - deckers capital ships or for 80 - gun ships . Completed as " Lion " , she took part in the Expédition d ' Irlande in December 1796 . On 24 February 1798 , she was renamed to " Glorieux " , and eventually to " Cassard " the next month . Under Commodore Gilbert - Amable Faure , she took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 in Willaumez ' squadron , taking two prizes on the way . She was separated from the rest of the fleet in the August hurricane , and returned to Brest on 13 October . She took part in Willaumez ' attempt to rescue blockaded ships from Lorient and anchored in Rochefort , where she took part in the Battle of the Basque Roads in April 1809 . During the battle , she attempted to escape into Rochefort harbour , ran aground , and was refloated by throwing part of her guns overboard . She remained deactivated in Rochefort . She was eventually condemned in May 1818 , and used as a coal hulk in Rochefort , before being broken up in 1832 .
HMS H12 HMS " H12 " was a British " H " - class submarine built by Fore River Yard , Quincy , Massachusetts . She was laid down on an unknown date and commissioned in 1915 . HMS " H12 " along with HMS " H11 " and HMS " H13 " to HMS " H20 " were all built in America but were interned by the United States government until the USA entered World War I . HMS " H12 " was sold in April 1920 in Dover . References . " Submarines , War Beneath The Waves , From 1776 To The Present Day " , By Robert Hutchinson
U . S . Army ST - 488 U . S . Army ST - 488 is an harbor tugboat , design 327 - A , of the numerical series 885 - 490 built by J . K . Welding & Co shipyards in Brooklyn , New York in 1944 . The Army ' s ST small tugs ranged generally from about to in length as opposed to the larger seagoing LT tugs . " ST - 488 " was delivered May 1944 and served in the United States Army from October 1944 to 1946 in the French port of Le Havre and on the floating docks of the U . S . Mulberry harbour of Arromanches in Normandy . After a civilian career at the port of Le Havre until the late 1970s , saved from wrecking by volunteers , she became a museum ship in 1994 , part of Musée maritime of Le Havre and was classified a " Monument historique " ( historical monument ) in 1997 .
George Frederick Mager George Frederick Mager ( February 23 , 1875 - April 12 , 1938 ) was an apprentice first class serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish – American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . Mager was born February 23 , 1875 in Phillipsburg , New Jersey and after entering the navy was sent to fight in the Spanish – American War aboard the USS " Marblehead " as an apprentice first class . He died on April 12 , 1938 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery Trenton , New Jersey . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Apprentice First Class , U . S . Navy . Born : 23 February 1875 , Philipsburg , N . J . Accredited to : New Jersey . G . O . No . : 529 , 2 November 1899 . Citation : On board the U . S . S . Marblehead during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos , Cuba , 11 May 1898 . Facing the heavy fire of the enemy , Mager displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action .
Citadel of Namur The Citadel or Castle of Namur is a fortress in the city of Namur , at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers . It is originally from the Roman era , but has been rebuilt several times . Its current form was designed by Menno van Coehoorn , and improved upon by Vauban after the siege of 1692 . It has been classified as a Wallonia ' s Major Heritage site . The original citadel dates to 937 . It achieved its present extent between 1631 and 1675 , when the city was under Dutch control . This section was called " Terra Nova " to distinguish it from the smaller Médiane fort built adjacent in 1542 and ensuing years . A variety of subsidiary positions were built in the 18th century . It was disestablished as a military post in 1891 , superseded by a new ring of forts around Namur that were calculated to prevent the city from being attacked with artillery . This ring became the Fortified Position of Namur in the 1930s . The Citadel was used as protected space for the PFN command post . city
Cyrus King Cyrus King ( September 6 , 1772 – April 25 , 1817 ) was a U . S . Representative from Massachusetts , half brother of Rufus King . Early life and education . Born in Scarborough , Maine ( then a district of Massachusetts ) , King attended Phillips Academy , Andover , Massachusetts , and was graduated from Columbia College , New York City , in 1794 . He studied law . Career . King served as private secretary to Rufus King when he was United States Minister to England in 1796 . He completed law studies in Biddeford , Maine and was admitted to the bar in 1797 , commencing his law practice in Saco , Maine . He served as major general of the Sixth Division , Massachusetts Militia . King was one of the founders of Thornton Academy , Saco , Maine . King was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses ( March 4 , 1813 – March 3 , 1817 ) . Death . He returned to Saco , Maine , where he died on April 25 , 1817 . He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery .
17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 17th Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk , Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on April 16 , 1862 . The regiment was mustered out on July 25 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The 17th Iowa mustered 958 men at the time it left Iowa for active campaigning . It suffered 5 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 121 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 194 fatalities .
William Barnsley Allen Major William Barnsley Allen ( 8 June 1892 – 27 August 1933 ) was a British Army medical officer who was decorated for gallantry four times during the First World War , including an award 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 . Allen attended St Cuthbert ’ s College , now Worksop College , then studied medicine at Sheffield University in the West Riding of Yorkshire . He graduated MB and ChB in 1914 and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps a few days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany . He was commissioned as a Lieutenant attached to the 3rd West Riding Field Ambulance . First World War . In September 1916 Allen , by then promoted to captain , was awarded the Military Cross for actions on unspecified dates : On 3 September 1916 Allen was attached to 246th ( West Riding ) Brigade , Royal Field Artillery , near Mesnil , France , when the following event took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross " for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty " : In 1917 Allen was awarded a bar to his Military Cross : For actions in October 1918 Allen ( by then acting major ) was awarded the Distinguished Service Order : He also received a mention in despatches at the end of the war . Allen died of an accidental drug overdose in 1933 . Legacy . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum in Mytchett , Surrey . William Allen was a member of Sheffield University Officers Training Corps whilst he was studying medicine . Just off the main mess in the Somme Barracks , home of Sheffield UOTC , there is an ante - room named the " Allen VC Room " which proudly displays on the wall a framed photograph of William , along with the citation as well as a copy of his VC and several of his other medals .
4th Medical Battalion ( United States Marine Corps ) 4th Medical Battalion is unit of the United States Marine Corps , staffed by personnel from both the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy that provides medical support to United States Marine Corps forces . The unit is based out of San Diego , California and falls under the command of the 4th Marine Logistics Group and the Marine Forces Reserve . Mission . To provide direct and general Health Service Support ( HSS ) to Marine Forces Reserve in order to sustain the combat effort . Secondary mission is to provide security for the Shock Treatment Platoons . History . 4th Medical Battalion was deployed as a whole in 2003 in support of operation Iraqi Freedom . Upon arrival to Kuwait the forces supported the mission . Since then the unit has been actively deployed in support of operations in Iraq . In 2006 reservist from San Diego H & S Detachment mobilized for combat operations in the Anbar Province of Al Fallujah , Iraq with 1st Battalion - 24th Marines , Weapons Company . Also in September 2007 , reservists from 4th Medical Battalion deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of Combat Logistics Battalion 4 , Combat Logistics Battalion 8 , Surgical Company Bravo , Al Taqqadum Surgical , Camp Fallujah and Camp Taqaddum . These members returned in late March and demobilized while more reservists from the battalion deployed to replace those stationed at TQ and Korean Village . As of May 2010 , Many of the reservist from H & S Company have volunteered for duty in Afghanistan , with Provisional MP Company and PSD . Regardless of rank and MOS , reservist at 4th medical Battalion continue to move forward and volunteer for deployment .
J . Douglas Blackwood Dr . James Douglas Blackwood ( 12 November 1881 – 9 August 1942 ) was a doctor and officer in the United States Navy in both the First and Second World War . Biography . Blackwood was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania on 12 November 1881 , and enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve as an Assistant Surgeon 14 April 1917 . The doctor served on transports in the Atlantic during World War I , earning the Navy Cross for attending the sick and wounded when troop transport " President Lincoln " was torpedo ed 31 May 1918 . He entered the Regular Navy in 1919 , and served in various ships and at Naval Hospitals in the United States and abroad in the years that followed . Blackwood served the people of Haiti 1927 to 1930 when assigned to a Public Health unit on that island . He was appointed Medical Inspector with the rank of Commander in 1938 , reported to " Vincennes " ( CA - 44 ) 30 September 1940 , and was on board during the critical early months of America ' s participation in World War II . During the Battle of Savo Island 9 August 1942 , one of the many sea fights during the Solomon Islands campaign , a cruiser - destroyer force was surprised at night by Japanese cruisers and dealt a crushing blow . Blackwood was killed when the " Vincennes " was sunk along with two other cruisers and a destroyer . Namesake . In 1943 , the destroyer escort USS " J . Douglas Blackwood " ( DE - 219 ) was named in his honor .