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Battle of Booneville The Battle of Booneville was fought on July 1 , 1862 , in Booneville , Mississippi , during the American Civil War . It occurred in the aftermath of the Union victory at the Battle of Shiloh and within the context of Confederate General Braxton Bragg ' s efforts to recapture the rail junction at Corinth , Mississippi , twenty miles north of Booneville . After the Union Army victory at Shiloh , Maj . Gen . Henry W . Halleck moved his forces slowly toward Corinth , an important rail center . By May 25 , 1862 , after traveling five miles in three weeks , Halleck was positioned to lay siege to the town . But on May 29 , the Confederate forces under General P . G . T . Beauregard slipped away undetected and moved toward Tupelo , Mississippi . In late June , Halleck ordered his forces south and learned that the Confederates , by then under Bragg , were advancing toward Corinth . The 31 - year - old Union Col . Philip Sheridan established a fortified position to the south at Booneville on June 28 to await the Confederate attack . Lead elements of 4 , 700 troops under the Confederate Brig . Gen . James R . Chalmers , who was also 31 years old , encountered Sheridan ' s pickets on the morning of July 1 , three and one - half miles to the southwest of Corinth . The pickets fell back and established a sound defensive line at the intersection of the roads from Tupelo and Saltillo . Aided by the superiority of their new Colt revolving rifle s , the line withstood the initial Confederate assault before withdrawing to a backup position two miles closer to the town . Chalmers ' effort to turn the left flank of this new line was thwarted when Sheridan ' s main force joined the battle . The bulk of the Union force stayed on the defensive while Sheridan sent the 2nd Michigan Cavalry under Capt . Russell Alexander and the 2nd Iowa Cavalry under Lt . Col . Edward Hatch to attack the Confederate rear and left flank , respectively . The cavalry forces pushed Chalmers to retreat and Sheridan called off the pursuit after four miles , when his fatigued troops encountered swampy terrain . Sheridan estimated that Chalmer lost 65 troops killed in the battle ; Federal casualties were one dead , 24 wounded , and 16 missing . Due to the battle , Bragg delayed his offensive strategy for Corinth , allowing Halleck additional time to unite his troops .
USS Mendota ( 1863 ) USS " Mendota " ( 1863 ) was a steamer built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War . With her heavy guns , she was planned by the Union Navy for use as a bombardment gunboat , but also as a gunboat stationed off Confederate waterways to prevent their trading with foreign countries . " Mendota " , a sidewheel " gunboat " , was launched 13 January 1863 by F . Z . Tucker , Brooklyn , New York ; acquired by the Navy 1 February 1864 ; and commissioned 2 May 1864 , Comdr . E . T . Nichols in command . Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockade on the James River . From the day of her commissioning in 1864 , " Mendota " was assigned to the James River Division , North Atlantic Blockading Squadron . The first 10 months she served as a picket ship near Four Mile Creek . Her guns were used to prevent the establishment of Confederate batteries or entrenchments which would threaten river communications or imperil a small Union Army base camp . Action on 28 July was particularly intense . During her last 2 months of service she directed ship movements at Hampton Roads , Virginia , and also at the mouth of the Delaware River . Post - war decommissioning and disposal . After the war " Mendota " decommissioned 12 May 1865 and was laid up at League Island , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , until sold 7 December 1867 .
Viper - class destroyer The " Viper " class was a group of two torpedo boat destroyer s ( or " TBDs " ) built for the British Royal Navy in 1899 . They were notable for being the first warships to use steam turbine propulsion . They had Parsons turbines on four shafts , with two propellers on each , one inboard and one outboard of the shaft A - bracket . " Viper " and another turbine - powered ship , the Vickers special - type were both lost to accidents in 1901 : " Viper " foundered on rocks in fog during naval manoeuvres near Alderney on 3 August 1901 , while " Cobra " broke her back in a storm in the North Sea on 18 September 1901 . Since then the Royal Navy has not used snake names for destroyers ; " Python " was renamed " Velox " soon after . " Velox " was rated as a C - class destroyer in 1913 , that is , one of a heterogeneous group of 30 - knot torpedo boat destroyer with three funnels . The ships were considered successes when acquired , achieving speeds of up to 36 knots on trials . All subsequent British destroyers from the River or E class of 1903 to the County class of 1960 used steam turbine machinery .
Fort d ' Aubervilliers The Fort d ' Aubervilliers is a former fortification of Paris built for 1842 to 1846 in Aubervilliers to control the " route de Flandre " , now Route nationale 2 , to the northeast of Paris . The Fort d ' Aubervilliers is part of the first ring of Paris fortifications outside the old city walls built by Adolphe Thiers in the 1840s to defend the capital against invasion and to control the city ' s rebellions . History . Early history . The Fort d ' Aubervilliers formed part of a line of outlying forts surrounding the Thiers wall , which was begun as part of a program proposed in 1830 to fortify Paris . Property was acquired in 1841 and work began in 1842 , with completion in 1846 . The fort is pentagonal in shape with five bastions . Six casemates defend the main entry , with posterns on other faces . There are two sets of thirteen casemates on the side facing the front . Two original powder magazines were superseded by newer , better - protected magazines in 1874 . Radioactive contamination . Frédéric and Irène Joliot - Curie carried out studies on radioactivity at the Fort d ' Aubervilliers during the 1920s and 1930s . The Curies worked with salts of radium 226 . Later on experiments carried out by the army to support nuclear tests in Algeria caused serious contamination to the fort . Decontamination started in 1990 by the " Agence Nationale de gestion des Déchets Radioactifs " ( National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management ) ( ANDRA ) . 61 barrels with cesium 137 and radium 226 contamination are still stored at the fort , together with 60 cubic meters of contaminated soil . Dominique Voynet , former senator and minister of environmental affairs , stated that there were new areas of contamination on the site in 2006 . An article in " Le Parisien " alleged that there were excess incidents of cancer in the area . 1979 - 2012 . The Fort d ' Aubervilliers is surrounded by garden allotments and adjoins the Cimetière de Pantin . It gives its name to the Fort d ' Aubervillers station of Line 7 of the Paris Métro , opened in 1979 . A barracks housing a unit of the Mobile Gendarmerie riot force uses the fort ' s entrance . Bartabas , a horse trainer and show presenter , has used the site since 1998 for presentations , with a horse ring , stage and restaurant on the site The rear part of the site is used as an automobile salvage yard . Projects . The fort site has been the subject of numerous studies for urban renewal , such as a new location for the Bichat - Claude Bernard hospital or the construction of a velodrome , but the radioactive contamination problem has prevented action . Some land will be freed when the riot police detachment leaves the fort . Architect Philippe Madec has proposed that about 2000 dwelling units be built on the site , to be built in 2015 - 2020 . The fort ' s ditch is to be retained to provide a green space surrounding the development .
Simon Pollard Hughes , Jr . Simon Pollard Hughes , Jr . ( April 14 , 1830 - June 29 , 1906 ) was the 15th Governor of the State of Arkansas and an officer in the American Civil War . Biography . Hughes was born in Carthage , Tennessee , the son of Simon P . Hughes and Mary Hubbard Hughes . Hughes Sr . , originally from Prince Edward County , Virginia , was a farmer , sheriff and a member of the Tennessee legislature from 1842 – 1843 , Mary Hubbard was a native of Oglethorpe County , Georgia . In 1842 , Mary Hughes died and the family moved to Bowie County , Texas . Hughes Sr . died in Texas in 1844 , making Hughes at orphan at the age of fourteen . Early life . Hughes moved to Arkansas in December 1849 , and was educated at Sylvan Academy and Clinton College in Tennessee . In 1853 , Hughes was elected Sheriff of Monroe County , Arkansas and served for two years . Hughes was admitted to the bar in Arkansas in 1857 , and started private practice in Clarendon , Arkansas . Civil War . During the American Civil War , Hughes was voted Captain of the 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment of the Confederate Army rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel . Later in the war , following a reorganization of the 23rd Arkansas , Hughes enlisted as a private in Morgan ' s Texas Cavalry . Political service . Following the war , Hughes served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1866 to 1867 , and was a delegate to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention . Hughes was elected to the post of Arkansas Attorney General and served from 1874 to 1877 . Hughes was elected Governor of Arkansas , being sworn in on January 1885 . He was reelected in 1886 . During his terms public executions were abolished in Arkansas and the sale of liquor was restricted . In 1889 , Hughes was elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court as an associate justice and served in that capacity for sixteen years . Death . Hughes died in Little Rock , Arkansas , and is buried in historic Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock .
Södermanland Brigade Södermanlandsbrigaden ( Södermanland Brigade ) , also PB 10 or MekB 10 , was a Swedish Army armoured brigade located in the province of Södermanland . Most of the brigade was trained at Södermanland regiment . The brigade was decommissioned in 2000 History . In 1963 The brigade was changed from an infantry brigade to an armoured one . The brigade decommissioned in 2000 .
Rifle troops The rifles troops ( , English transliteration - strelkovie voiska ) often called " rifle troops " in English , is name for the Russian infantry combat Arm of Service that , since 1857 , had been armed with rifle s ( currently assault rifle s ) as their primary firearm . The name applies equally to the Arm of Service and its individual units ( rifles ) or an individual soldier ( ) . Imperial Rifles troops . By the First World War the Imperial Russian Army had a large number of territorially based rifle corps ( not to be confused with the corps as a formation ) , including : Soviet rifles troops . During the Soviet Army period the name was amalgamated with the new mode of motorised manoeuvre capability by the Soviet Red Army to create motor - rifle troops ( ) as the most numerous of all types of ground forces .
Twthill , Rhuddlan Twthill ( ) is a Norman castle located near the town of Rhuddlan , Denbighshire in Wales ; historic names for the site include Toothill and Tot Hill Castle . History . Twthill castle was built to a ' motte and bailey ' design and was erected by Robert of Rhuddlan in 1073 at the command of William the Conqueror to consolidate Norman advances into the north of Wales . It remained in use for two hundred years until Rhuddlan Castle was built , adjacent to Twthill , on the orders of Edward I . Tradition has it that Twthill Castle was built on the site of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ' s palace . Only the motte mound remain today to the south of Rhuddlan Castle , standing 12 metres high with a maximum diameter of 80 metres , although impressions of the Bailey can been seen in the surrounding fields . Much of the site has degraded due to the sandy soil conditions . It is currently in the care of Cadw and is open to the public .
USS Newberry ( APA - 158 ) USS " Newberry " ( APA - 158 ) was a " Haskell " - class attack transport acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas . " Newberry " ( " APA – 158 " ) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract 10 June 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp . , Portland , Oregon ; launched 24 August 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Joseph M . McDonald ; acquired by the Navy on a loan - charter basis 6 October 1944 ; and commissioned the next day , Comdr . David R . Phoebus in command . World War II service . Newberry conducted shakedown off the U . S . West Coast , then departed San Francisco , California , for Hawaii , where she conducted final training in amphibious operations . On 31 December 1944 she embarked units of the U . S . 4th Marine Division , and the following month left Pearl Harbor for the invasion of Iwo Jima . For 10 days following D - day , 17 February 1945 , the attack transport landed her Marines and took on a total of 439 wounded . Speedy medical attention doubtless saved many from certain death . " Newberry " departed Iwo for Guam on the 27th . Sailing via Saipan , she embarked part of the U . S . 2d Marine Division at Guam on 8 March , and on the 27th , got underway for the Okinawa operation . Standing in reserve , her troops were not needed ; and she returned them to Saipan in April . " Newberry " remained there until early in June , then sailed to Espiritu Santo for supplies . She returned to Guam 2 July and sailed for San Francisco less than two weeks later , arriving on the 27th . End - of - war operations . The attack transport departed the U . S . West Coast 12 August , carrying replacement troops to the Philippines . At Leyte she took on Army units destined for occupation duty in the Japanese home islands , debarked them at Aomori , Honshū , and began “ Operation Magic Carpet ” duty . She sailed 29 September for Iwo Jima , where she took on 2 , 500 passengers for Saipan . Exchanging these for another 2 , 300 veterans , she stood out from Saipan for San Francisco , arriving 24 October . Two weeks later she headed for Okinawa with replacements , and returned to California with still another full load of veterans . Post - war decommissioning . " Decommissioning 21 February 1946 , " Newberry was returned to the War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) 3 March at Lee Hall , Virginia , and struck from the Navy List 12 March . She was berthed at James River , Virginia , as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet and is presumed scrapped ( date unknown ) . She was scrapped in 1983 .
Brimpsfield Castle Brimpsfield Castle was a castle in the village of Brimpsfield in the county of Gloucestershire , England , between Gloucester and Cirencester . It is likely that the first castle was built after the Norman invasion . Then , in the 12th or 13th century , it was rebuilt in stone . The owner , John Giffard , 2nd Lord of Brimpsfield , rebelled against King Edward II and was executed in 1322 . The castle was then destroyed . Today the remains consist of a mound with an outer bank and ditch and the foundations of a gatehouse .
German submarine U - 341 German submarine " U - 341 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . She was a member of one wolfpack . She did not sink or damage any ships . Service history . The submarine was laid down on 28 October 1941 at the Nordseewerke yard at Emden as ' werk ' 213 , launched on 20 August 1942 and commissioned on 28 November 1942 under the command of " Oberleutnant " Dietrich Epp . " U - 341 " served with the 8th U - boat Flotilla , for training and then with the 3rd flotilla for operations from 1 June . 1st patrol . " U - 341 " sailed from Kiel on 25 May 1943 , and out into the Atlantic Ocean via the Iceland / Faroe Islands ' gap ' . Having moved all over the central north Atlantic without encountering any shipping , she arrived at La Pallice in occupied France , on 10 July . 2nd patrol and loss . For her second foray , " U - 341 " departed La Pallice on 31 August 1943 and headed north . On 19 September , she was sunk by depth charge s dropped by a Canadian B - 24 Liberator of No . 10 Squadron RCAF southwest of Iceland . Fifty men died ; there were no survivors
James D . Morgan James Dada Morgan ( August 1 , 1810 – September 12 , 1896 ) was a merchant sailor , soldier , businessman , and a Union general during the American Civil War . He commanded a division of infantry in some of the final campaigns in the Western Theater . Early life . Morgan was born in Boston , Massachusetts . He served as a merchant sailor before serving in the U . S . Army during the Mexican War . At one point he suffered a mutiny and spent two weeks in a lifeboat when his ship USS " Berkley " was set on fire . Civil War . When the Civil War began , Morgan was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on April 29 , 1861 . On July 29 , he was promoted to colonel and commanded a brigade in the Army of the Mississippi at the Battle of Island Number Ten and the Siege of Corinth . He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on July 17 , 1862 . Morgan was transferred to the Army of the Ohio ( later the Army of the Cumberland ) . He commanded a brigade in George Thomas ' s Center Wing , but during the Stones River Campaign the division he belonged to was left behind to guard Nashville . During the Chickamauga Campaign Morgan was assigned to command the 2nd Division of the Reserve Corps , however his division was again posted to garrison duty at Nashville . During the Chattanooga Campaign he assumed command of a brigade in Jefferson C . Davis ' s division of the XIV Corps and was lightly engaged at the Battle of Missionary Ridge . He led his brigade during the Atlanta Campaign . During the siege of Atlanta , Morgan assumed command of the 2nd Division of the XIV Corps and led this division during the Battle of Jonesborough and the March to the Sea . He played a prominent part in the Battle of Bentonville during the Carolinas Campaign and received a brevet promotion to major general of volunteers on March 19 , 1865 . Morgan was mustered out of the volunteer service August 1865 . Postbellum life . Morgan spent the rest of his life as a banker and businessman . He died in Quincy , Illinois of Potato Lupus , and is buried there in Woodland Cemetery .
Ellis Vair Reid Ellis Vair Reid DSC ( 31 October 1889 - 28 July 1917 ) was a Canadian First World War flying ace , officially credited with 19 victories . Text of citations . Distinguished Service Cross . " Flt . Sub - Lieut . Ellis Vair Reed , R . N . A . S . ( since missing ) . In recognition of his services on the following occasions : On the 6th June , 1917 , he attacked and drove down one of four hostile scouts . This machine dived nose first into the ground and was destroyed . On the afternoon of the 15th June , 1917 , he was leading a patrol of three scouts and encountered a formation of ten enemy machines . During the combat which ensued he forced one machine down completely out of control . Next he attacked at a range of about 30 yards another hostile scout . The pilot of this machine was killed , and it went down completely out of control . This officer has at all times shown the greatest bravery and determination . "
822 Naval Air Squadron 822 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadron before and during World War II . History . Pre - war . 822 squadron was formed on 3 April 1933 from a merger of No ' s 442 and 449 ( Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance ) Flights at Netheravon and posted to the Home Fleet aboard . From March to November 1936 it was equipped with Fairey Seal s passed on from 821 Squadron , soon replaced by Blackburn Shark s , to carry out a Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance role . In August 1937 the squadron received Fairey Swordfish aircraft , which it continued to operate from " Furious " until February 1939 , when the squadron was re - allocated to HMS " Courageous " as a deck landing training unit . " Furious " and " Courageous " were 1st class cruisers which had been converted in 1924 to serve as an aircraft carriers . When " Courageous " was sunk by the German submarine U - 29 in September 1939 , the squadron was disbanded . World War II . The squadron was reformed in October 1941 as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance ( TBR ) Swordfish squadron . In March 1942 it was re - equipped with 9 Fairey Albacore s and sailed in July on . On 11 November , the squadron attacked La Senia Airfield , losing Commanding Officer , Lieutenant JGA McI Nares . After July 1943 , it attached to 45th Naval TBR Wing and transferred to southern India in February 1944 for service with the Eastern Fleet . There the squadron joined 11th Naval TBR Wing and attacked a railway target at Sigli , Sumatra from . The squadron was subsequently sent back to the UK , minus their aircraft , on and in early 1945 was re - allocated to RAF Coastal Command for anti - submarine duties in the English Channel . In June 1945 the squadron was again re - equipped , this time with 12 Barracuda IIs .
Vivian Dering Majendie Colonel Sir Vivian Dering Majendie KCB , CB , RA ( 1836 – 1898 ) was one of the first bomb disposal experts and Chief Inspector of Explosives to Queen Victoria from 1871 until his death in 1898 . Biography . The son of Major John Routledge Majendie ( 1801 - 1850 ) and his wife Harriet Mary Dering ( 1806 - 1893 ) , and the grandson of Henry Majendie , the Bishop of Bangor , Vivian Majendie was educated at Leamington College before joining the Royal Artillery in 1854 . Promoted to Second Lieutenant on 23 October 1854 , he saw action during the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny . From 1861 to 1871 Majendie served as Captain Instructor and Assistant Superintendent at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich . In 1871 he was appointed Chief Inspector of Explosives , a position he held until his death in 1898 . He was the President of the Association of Mining Engineers and was one of the first bomb disposal experts . As a Major in the Royal Artillery Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the Regent ' s Canal when the barge ' Tilbury ' , carrying six barrels of petroleum and five tons of gunpowder blew up , killing the crew and destroying Macclesfield Bridge and cages at nearby London Zoo . He was appointed a Companion of the Bath ( CB ) in 1875 for framing a Bill which became ' The Explosives Act , 1875 ' , and KCB in 1895 . His advice during the Fenian dynamite campaign of 1881 - 85 was officially recognised as having contributed to the saving of lives . After Victoria Station was bombed on 26 February 1884 he defused a bomb with a clockwork mechanism which might have gone off at any moment . In October 1886 Majendie visited the United States to observe the petroleum industry there and to examine the regulations regarding storage and distribution of that product . A caricature of Majendie by Leslie Ward ( ' Spy ' ) appeared in " Vanity Fair " on 23 April 1892 . His publications included " Up Among the Pandies " ( 1859 ) , " Ammunition . A Descriptive Treatise on the Different Projectiles , Charges , Fuses , Rockets , & c . " ( 1867 ) , " The Arms and Ammunition of the British Service " ( 1868 ) , and " The Official Guide to the Explosives Act " ( 1877 ) . Majendie married Adelaide Frances Grylls ( 1841 - 1866 ) and had two children , a daughter and Captain Henry Grylls Majendie ( 1865 - 1900 ) who was killed during the Boer War while serving with the Rifle Brigade . Vivian Dering Majendie died of heart failure in 1898 while visiting his sister in Oxford .
Thomas - Emil von Wickede Thomas - Emil von Wickede ( 23 April 1893 – 23 June 1944 ) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the X . Armeekorps . 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 . On June 23 , 1944 , a Ju 52 aircraft carrying von Wickede , General der Gebirgstruppe Karl Eglseer , Generaloberst Eduard Dietl , Generalleutnant Franz Rossi and three other passengers crashed in the vicinity of the small village of Rettenegg , Styria ; there were no survivors .