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redcoat redcoat
redcoat a traditional name for a British soldier (so named because of the colour of the uniform). In the Civil War the term was commonly applied to the Parliamentary forces, although there were red-uniformed soldiers on both sides.In the UK from the 1950s, redcoat has been used for an organizer and... Read more
buffalo soldiers buffalo soldiers
buffalo soldiers name given to the African-American U.S. army regiments commissioned by Congress to patrol the American West after the Civil War. Consisting of two infantry and two cavalry regiments, they were the first such units chartered in peacetime. The troops, which formed one fifth of the... Read more
Saint Martin Saint Martin
Saint Martin c.316-397, bishop of Tours. Born a heathen in Pannonia (in modern Hungary), the son of a soldier, he became a convert and refused to fight Christians. He went (c.360) to St. Hilary of Poitiers and built himself a hermitage. In 371 he was acclaimed bishop, against his will. He continued... Read more
Alexander Scammell Alexander Scammell
A SOLDIER'S LOVE LETTER (8 June 1777, by Alexander Scammell) Alexander Scammell was the scion of a prominent Massachusetts family, a general in the Continental Army, and popularly the first patriot officer to bring down a British "Jack." In this letter, he wrote to his love Abigail Bishop to... Read more
Military Decorations Military Decorations
DECORATIONS, MILITARY Medal of Honor The highest American decoration for valor is the Medal of Honor. In separate army, navy, and air force versions, the president awards it in the name of Congress to a member of the armed forces conspicuously displaying gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of... Read more
hoplite hoplite
hoplite , heavy infantry soldier in the armies of classical Greece. Hoplites were usually protected by helmets, cuirasses, and leg armor. They carried large shields, javelins, heavy swords, and sometimes battle-axes and fought in the tightly organized phalanx formation. In classical Greece,... Read more
Petition of Right Petition of Right
Petition of Right 1628, a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I . Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular foreign policy had caused his government to exact forced loans and to quarter troops in subjects' houses as an economy measure. Arbitrary... Read more
Standish Standish
Standish ♂ Transferred use of the English surname, in origin a local name from a place in Lancashire named with the Old English elements stān ‘stone’ + edisc ‘pasture’. This was borne most famously by Miles Standish (?1584–1656), soldier, military... Read more
My Lai incident My Lai incident
My Lai incident , in the Vietnam War, a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers. On Mar. 16, 1968, a unit of the U.S. army Americal division, led by Lt. William L. Calley, invaded the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai (more correctly, Son My), an alleged Viet Cong stronghold. In the course... Read more

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