Articles written by Harlan Whatley
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Michael Corcoran's 69th U.S. Infantry Regiment
The 69th New York State Militia was founded in 1851 and it was led by Colonel Michael Corcoran. They earned their reutation at First Bull Run in the American Civil War.
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Lt. Col. Asa Bird Gardiner
An accomplished lawyer and soldier who had his Congressional Medal of Honor revoked, Gardiner coined the phrase "Reform be damned" when pundits criticized Tammany Hall.
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Gen. Mansfield Lovell, CSA
Mansfield Lovell was a West Point educated engineer whose career as a Confederate general was tarnished by losing the port city of New Orleans to Admiral David Farragut.
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Gen. Archibald Gracie, CSA
Archibald Gracie, Jr. was from a prominent New York City family that owned cotton interests in Mobile, AL. He attended West Point when Robert E. Lee was commandant.
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More VCASNY History
Part II of the history of the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York and the Military Society of the War of 1812.
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Battle of Pell's Point (Pelham)
Led by Colonel John Glover and his regiment from Marblehead, Massachusetts, a small group of Continental soldiers managed to fight off the British at Pelham, New York.
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The Tuskegee Airmen
African-American men from all over America became part of the "Tuskegee Experiment," an Army Air Corps program that created "The Tuskegee Airmen" fighter squadron.
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NYC's Oldest Artillery Regiment
Part I of the history of the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York and the Military Society of the War of 1812.
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79th New York "Highlanders"
The only kilted regiment to represent the Union Army in the American Civil War was comprised mostly of Scots and Scottish-Americans.
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Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg
Hindenburg was Weimar Germany's second president, after Freidrich Ebert, and he lead the nation through tough financial times. He appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor.
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The Flying Tigers
During the summer of 1941, a group of American aviators known as the Flying Tigers prepared to face the Japanese Air Force in combat.
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Army Pigeons in World War I & II
Over 200,000 carrier or homing pigeons were used by the Allied forces during World War I and II in order to conduct surveillance and relay messages to the front.
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Eagle Squadrons
Before the United States' entry into WWII, many American pilots volunteered for service in the RAF and RCAF.
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Kosciuszko Squadron
A brief history of the heroic unit of American pilots who flew for Poland in the Soviet-Polish War of 1919-1920.
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The Lafayette Escadrille
A brief history of the heroic unit of American pilots who flew for France before America joined World War One.
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