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Camp LeJeune
(Encyclopedia) Camp LeJeuneCamp LeJeuneləzh&oomacr;nˈ [key], U.S. marine corps base, 82,969 acres (33,576 hectares), SE N.C., SE of Jacksonville; est. 1941. It is the major East Coast training…May 2011 Current Events: Disasters & Science News
World News | U.S. News Here are the key events in Science and Disasters news for the month of May 2011. Floods Force Evacuations Along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers (May 5): Heavy rains cause…Five Forks
(Encyclopedia) Five Forks, crossroads near Dinwiddie Courthouse, SW of Petersburg, Va. The last important battle of the Civil War was fought there on Apr. 1, 1865. Philip H. Sheridan, leading his own…Daun, Leopold Joseph Maria, Graf von
(Encyclopedia) Daun, Leopold Joseph Maria, Graf vonDaun, Leopold Joseph Maria, Graf vonlāˈōpôlt yōˈzĕf märēˈä gräf fən doun [key], 1705–66, Austrian field marshal. He gained distinction in the War of…Brewer's: Corps Diplomatique
(French). A diplomatic body [of men]. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Corps LegislatifCorps de Garde A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Corps Legislatif
(French). The lower house of the French legislature. The first assembly so called was when Napoleon I. substituted a corps legislatif and a tribunal for the two councils of the Directory,…Butler AMES, Congress, MA (1871-1954)
AMES Butler , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lowell, Mass., August 22, 1871; attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; was graduated from the United…William Starke ROSECRANS, Congress, CA (1819-1898)
ROSECRANS William Starke , a Representative from California; born in Kingston, Ross County, Ohio, September 6, 1819; completed preparatory studies; was appointed to the United States Military…Gorgas, Josiah
(Encyclopedia) Gorgas, JosiahGorgas, Josiahgôrˈgəs [key], 1818–83, chief of ordnance in the Confederate army during the American Civil War, b. Dauphin co., Pa.; father of William Crawford Gorgas. He…Stoneman, George
(Encyclopedia) Stoneman, George, 1822–94, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Busti, N.Y. As commander of Fort Brown, Tex., in Feb., 1861, he refused to obey the order of General Twiggs to…Trending
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