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Gen. Solomon Meredith, who commanded the famed Iron Brigade at @GettysburgNMP, where he was wounded after his men launched a furious attack to halt the confederate advance at Seminary Ridge, died #OTD in 1875. He was 65 years old, and was buried in Cambridge City, IN. #CivilWar
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Semmes eluded capture, and ultimately made his way back to Texas via Cuba. As the war came to a close, he briefly commanded a naval brigade of sailors whose ships and been scuttled. They saw little action and surrendered with the rest of Joseph Johnston’s army in North Carolina.
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, Slocum was made Colonel of the 27th New York Infantry. He led the regiment at the First Battle of Bull Run (@ManassasNPS), where he was wounded. Promoted to Brigadier General, Slocum commanded a division of VI Corps during the Seven Days Battles.
Fought #OnThisDay 23 Sept 1803 The Battle of Assaye.
Wellesley commanded 6,500 Indian & British troops against 40,000-200,000 Mahratta troops led by Hanovarian mercenary Colonel Pohlmann
Asked what his greatest vistory was Wellington replied ASSAYE.
History's most successful female pirate is Ching Shih, who at her height commanded between 40k and 60k pirates and had a fleet of 400 junks. She defied Qing China, the East India Company, and the Portuguese, and died peacefully of old age. #TalkLikeAPirateDay
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14 Sept 1402 - The Battle of Homildon Hill takes place between a Scottish Army, commanded by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, and an English force, commanded by Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and his son Harry "Hotspur" Percy. #OTD #History #HomildonHill
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#OnThisDay 31 Aug 1813, the Combat at Vera,
An advancing Division of French troops were held up by 2 Companies (only 100 men) of the 95th Rifles, across a narrow bridge.
Commanded by Captain Cadoux, who requests for support were denied, they held out overnight.
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Berry commanded the regiment at the First Battle of Bull Run (@ManassasNPS). Soon after, he was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of a full brigade in III Corps, which he led during the Peninsula Campaign.
#OTD 1499 First encounter of the Battle of Zonchio (part of the Second Ottoman-Venetian War 1499-1503) took place. The Venetian fleet was commanded by Antonio Grimani, the Ottoman one by Kemal Reis. #OnThisDay #History
At Cedar Mountain, Pope’s II Corps under Gen. Nathaniel Banks attacked the left wing of Lee’s army, commanded by Thomas Jackson, despite having half of Jackson’s available strength. Initially, the attack progressed well, mauling the division of Charles Winder and killing him.
Navagraha; nava (Sanskrit: "nine") & graha ("planet, seizing, laying hold of, holding") are nine* 'wandering' stars. Surya commanded the visible planets* & was a master of Light by the end* of Treta-yuga (3100 BC)