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ERROR - Actual date of 2nd Battle of Collierville was 3 Nov 1863 ---not 4th.
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ERROR "on the 9th day of September and on the night of the 10th Inst." ERROR
This actually occurred during the month of OCTOBER, not September. Battle of Collierville was Oct…
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ERROR - This narrative has incorrect dates for battles listed for Sept and October.
Here are the CORRECT Dates.
SALEM - Oct 9 - prelude to advance on Collierville, TN by…
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Pvt Cole was released from Prison and returned to Hospital No. 9 at Richmond, VA on Mar 12, 1865. This was confirmed by his Pension Application which states he arrived back in…
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The Battle of Lookout Mountain Nov 24, 1863, was mainly fought at the Western and Northern base of Lookout Mountain. This battle was a prelude to the larger Battle of Missionary…
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General Paul Williams was commander of The Northwest African Troop Carrier Command (NATCC), which was later replaced by teh Mediterraen Allied Air Force(MAAF).
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Carl Andrew Spaatz -- Commander of the Fifteenth Air Force and Royal Air Forces in Italy in November 1943.
Commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe in January 1944.…
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Italian soldiers wearing their Air Force uniforms.
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The OR for Lt H. C. Holt of Buckner Battery mentions a Pvt White as serving in the battery. The other 3 privates mentioned were detached from the 56 Alabama Partisan Rangers. …
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Record is for Oct 1863. Pvt Hoffmeister (aka Huffmeister) is mentioned in the OR's by Lt. H. C. Holt, commander of Buckner Battery at the Battle of Collierville(Tenn), Oct 11,…
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Capt. H. J. Reid wrote an account of Company G after the war entitled "Sketch of Black Hawk Rifles". This was an account of each soldier who enlisted, joined, transferred out,…
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The 1860 Census of Carrol County Miss shows a J. F. Smith, age 28, living in Black Hawk with R. W. Cole family.
Joseph F. Smith appears on Roster of Co. A, 30 Miss Regiment. …
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The Black Hawk Rifles were enrolled into service at Black Hawk on April 30, 1861.
The company went to Grenada for training and could not find a regiment to join. Col. Bonham…
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Important dates of Co. G, "Black Hawk Rifles"
April 30, 1861 - Black Hawk, Miss
Recruits were mustered into service.
After this the company trained at Grenada, while waiting to…
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There had been numerous complaints that the new cavalry regiments had enrolled many men who were absent without leave from infantry organizations. On May 21, General Forrest had…
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9 INSTALLED WEAPONS:
(e) & (f) Radar in Ball.
Ball Turrent guns were removed an a Weather Radar was mounted in this position, which can be seen in photos prior to its wing…
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10 April 1945
B-24 of 464th Bomb Group, 779th Bomb Squadron.
This photo is a very popular image that has been printed in many WW2 books.
"Black Nan" (SN 44-49710) was lead plan…
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These are referred to as the Autopsy photos of Mussolini after he was executed and hung upside down in Milan squared, where people beat him and shot him.
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Verona is not near Brenner Pass, which is in the Alps.
The US troops arrived at Verona & the Adige River about 24 or 25 April 1945.
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