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Posted: 4/19/2015 2:36:23 AM EDT
for mine: the 1st Maryland Regiment now the 175th Regiment of the Maryland National Guard.





While they did not fight the opening few battles of the Revolutionary
War, the Maryland regiments would go on to serve with great distinction
at Brooklyn, Brandywine, Trenton, Monmouth, Camden, Yorktown, and
others.  

The Maryland Battalion distinguished itself at the
Battle of Long Island by single-handedly covering the retreat of the
American forces against numerically superior British and Hessian forces.
Thereafter, General George Washington relied heavily
upon the Marylanders as one of the few reliable fighting units in the
early Continental Army. For this reason, Maryland is sometimes known as
"The Old Line State." Of the original Maryland 400 muster that entered into the battle, 96 returned, with only 35 fit for duty.  Thomas Field, writing in 1869, "The Battle of
Long Island," called the stand of the Marylanders "an hour more precious
to liberty than any other in history."








The regiment lives on today as the 175th Regiment of the Maryland
National Guard.  The unit has fought from Brooklyn, Trenton, and
Yorktown,  to First Manasass, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and Appomattox.  From
Alsace 1918 and the Meuse-Argon, the Normandy landings, Northern France
and the Rhineland to most recently in the Iraqi surge.  It is one of
the only remaining units with its roots in the Revolutionary war.






Your turn.

 
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"The First Kentucky Brigade was part of the Confederate Army. It became known as the "Orphan Brigade" after Union troops captured Fort Donelson (1862), leaving the brigade cut off from its home state for the duration of the war. Dispite this, the Orphan Brigade distinguished itself on and off the battlefield by maintaining high morale, discipline, and effective military tactics even though they lost two brigadier generals in battle: Roger Weightman Hanson and Benjamin Hardin Helm. Regiments from the brigade fought with distinction in the Battles of Shiloh, Cornith, Vicksburg, Stone's River, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. Only about five hundred of the original four thousand men survived to the war's end. The brigade was one of the last Confederate groups east of the Mississippi to surrender."
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 2:51:58 AM EDT
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"The First Kentucky Brigade was part of the Confederate Army. It became known as the "Orphan Brigade" after Union troops captured Fort Donelson (1862), leaving the brigade cut off from its home state for the duration of the war. Dispite this, the Orphan Brigade distinguished itself on and off the battlefield by maintaining high morale, discipline, and effective military tactics even though they lost two brigadier generals in battle: Roger Weightman Hanson and Benjamin Hardin Helm. Regiments from the brigade fought with distinction in the Battles of Shiloh, Cornith, Vicksburg, Stone's River, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. Only about five hundred of the original four thousand men survived to the war's end. The brigade was one of the last Confederate groups east of the Mississippi to surrender."
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Christ.. more than an 85% casualty rate..



 
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 2:52:42 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/19/2015 3:02:33 AM EDT
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About 100 Texians were then garrisoned at the Alamo. The Texian force grew slightly with the arrival of reinforcements led by eventual Alamo co-commanders James Bowie and William B. Travis. On February 23, approximately 1,500 Mexicans marched into San Antonio de Béxar as the first step in a campaign to retake Texas. For the next 10 days the two armies engaged in several skirmishes with minimal casualties. Aware that his garrison could not withstand an attack by such a large force, Travis wrote multiple letters pleading for more men and supplies, but fewer than 100 reinforcements arrived there.

The Alamo
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 3:04:12 AM EDT
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I dunno. How bout Seal Team 6 and the rest of the east coast guys?
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 3:08:03 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/19/2015 3:08:41 AM EDT
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The 29th ID, the Stonewall Brigade, a large chunk of the ANV, the even number SEAL teams, FBI's HRT, 1st Fighter Wing, most of the state's Guard units can trace their lineage back to the Revolution as well.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 3:15:54 AM EDT
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Quantrill Raiders

This day in History June 6th:
William Quantrill, the man who gave Frank and Jesse James their first education in killing, dies from wounds sustained in a skirmish with Union soldiers in Kentucky.

Born and raised in Ohio, Quantrill was involved in a number of shady enterprises in Utah and Kansas during his teens. In his early 20s, he fled to Missouri, where he became a strong supporter of pro-slavery settlers in their sometimes-violent conflict with their antislavery neighbors. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, the 24-year-old Quantrill became the leader of an irregular force of Confederate soldiers that became known as Quantrill’s Raiders.

By 1862, Union forces had established control over Missouri, but Quantrill’s Raiders continued to harass the northern army and unguarded pro-Union towns over the next three years. Quantrill and other guerrilla leaders recruited their soldiers from Confederate sympathizers who resented what they saw as the unfairly harsh Union rule of their state. Among those who joined him was a 20-year-old farm kid named Frank James. His younger brother, Jesse, joined an allied guerrilla force a year later.

In August 1863, Frank James was with Quantrill when he led a savage attack on the largely defenseless town of Lawrence, Kansas. Angered that the townspeople had allowed Lawrence to be used as a sporadic base for Union soldiers, Quantrill and his guerrillas shot every man and boy they saw. After killing at least 150 male civilians, the raiders set the town on fire.

In May 1865, Quantrill was badly wounded in a skirmish with Union forces, and he died on this day in 1865. Since Quantrill’s men were guerillas rather than legitimate soldiers, they were denied the general amnesty given to the Confederate army after the war ended. Some, like Frank and Jesse James, took this as an excuse to become criminals and bank robbers.
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very cool



especially this bit:

The 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery of the Michigan National Guard, with members directly descended from the 30-strong detachment of Rogers' Rangers stationed in Fort Detroit;



 
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 3:27:55 AM EDT
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The ATG(Alaska Territorial Guard)



These guys were bad ass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castner's_Cutthroats
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 3:50:26 AM EDT
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In his history of the Arizona Rangers, stretching back to 1861, Arizona State Historian Marshall Trimble revealed "Arizona’s first Ranger may have been one of the founders of Phoenix, Jack Swilling." He goes on to discuss the militia groups formed before Gov. Frederick Tritle authorized the first company of Rangers in Tombstone in 1882.[1]




Originally, only one company was authorized, consisting of a captain, a sergeant and not more than twelve privates, but, in 1903, the force was increased to twenty-six men. The rangers, many of whom in the early years were veterans of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, were skilled horsemen, trackers and marksmen. Though originally intended to be covert, the group became widely publicized and conspicuous, sported their badges boldly, and were distinctively well-armed.




In addition to dealing with rustlers, and other outlaws, the rangers were called on to deal with several large strikes by Mexican workers at mines in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. During the Cananea Riot in 1906, over twenty striking Mexicans were killed along with at least two Americans. In response, Captain Thomas H. Rynning led a posse of nearly 300 men to Cananea and was successful in helping the Mexican authorities restore order.

On February 15, 1909, the Arizona legislature repealed the act establishing the Arizona Rangers. During the seven years of its operations, 107 men served with the rangers. The vote to disband was vetoed by Republican Governor Joseph Henry Kibbey, but the Democratic-dominated assembly overrode the veto, backed by political pressure from county sheriffs and district attorneys in northern Arizona.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 6:25:02 AM EDT
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The New Mexico National Guard traces its history back to 1598.

Elements of the NMNG participated in the defense of the Phillippines, and in the Bataan Death March.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 7:58:08 AM EDT
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The Wisconsin "Iron Brigade"

Consisting of the 2nd, 5th, and 6th Wisconsin volunteer infantry (along with the 19th Indiana)

The Iron Brigade earned its famous nickname on Aug. 28, 1862, at the Battle of South Mountain, in Maryland. During the battle, a Yankee unit was advancing up National Road, forcing the Rebel line all the way back to the gap. Major General George B. McClellan asked of Major General Joseph Hooker, "What troops are those fighting in the Pike?" Hooker replied, "General Gibbon's brigade of Western men." McClellan stated, "They must be made of iron." The name stuck.

The Iron Brigade saw action in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Gainesville, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Appomattox, etc, etc. The Iron Brigade, proportionately, suffered the most casualties of any brigade in the Civil War. For example, 61 percent (1,153 out of 1,885) were casualties at Gettysburg.

ETA: 32nd Infantry Division which was formed by men out of Wisconsin and Michigan.  And traced it's roots back to the Iron Brigade.  Was Know as the Iron Jaw Division in WWI, and was the first unit to Pierce the Hindenburg line.  

It was also one of the first Divisions to get into combat in WWII.  They logged 654 days of combat, more than any other American Division in the war.

Link Posted: 4/19/2015 8:03:28 AM EDT
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Companies A and C, 1/145th Infantry and Troop G of the 2/107th Armored Cavalry, Ohio National Guard
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 8:09:29 AM EDT
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The 20th Maine... they made a movie about it.  





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-5uyp44WA





 
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While the 20th Maine was the extreme left unit to the left flank of Little Round Top and pulled the famous swinging door move, the 16th Michigan was one of the units on the hill next to them holding the line.

More recently, Selfridge Airforce Base is home to a number of A10s that congress and the military seem to debate it's usefulness. They blew up a shit ton of bad guys in ODS and OIS
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 8:17:43 AM EDT
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my old unit had the distinction of having the highest casualty rate of a national guard unit deployed to OIF as well as the highest ranking officer killed in Iraq up to that point.

the 91st and 96th Infantry Division were trained up for WWII at Camp White, which later became White City, OR where I live and work so thats kind of neat.



that's a historical map of where my house is back from the early 40's -- my house was built where the recreation area use to be, across the street from the motorpool.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 8:42:29 AM EDT
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The Swedish Life Grenadiers, which is my current unit.

It has the following battle honours:
Varberg (1565)
Breitenfeld (1631)
Lützen (1632)
Wittstock (1636)
Leipzig (1642)
Warszawa (1656)
Fredriksodde (1657)
Tåget över Bält (1658)
Lund (1676)
Rügen (1678)
Kliszow (1702)
Warszawa (1705)
Holovczyn (1708)
Malatitze (1708)
Rajovka (1708)
Helsingborg (1710)
Gadebusch (1712)
Valkeala (1790)
Svensksund ([1790)
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 8:51:10 AM EDT
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Damn, you beat me to it. Maj Gen Chamberlain was a tough and respectful son of a bitch.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 8:52:17 AM EDT
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<---- see avatar. Adopted unit.

While it's historical origins begin in Puerto Rico, of all places, the 94th Infantry Division spent a lot of time in my adopted home state of Mississippi in the run up to WWII.

We're both "not from around here".

Link Posted: 4/19/2015 9:01:16 AM EDT
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Devils Brigade

ETA: Helena Montana
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 9:09:53 AM EDT
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102nd Infantry Regiment CTARNG
1672-present
Attached to the 26th Yankee Division WWI WWII

Not enough interwebz to list all the battles or unit citations. Every major conflict in US history.

The guidon is ridiculous with campaign ribbons.

Sgt Stubby



Link Posted: 4/19/2015 9:10:32 AM EDT
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History of the "Indiana Rangers."


 Just under 7000 Army National Guardsmen served in the Vietnam War. Of these, only one unit would stay together from activation and serve in combat as a National Guard unit. Company D (RANGER) 151st Infantry, was the only National Guard Infantry unit to serve in Vietnam. In November 1965, the Indiana National Guard's newly-formed, 1st Battalion (Airborne) 151st Infantry, and its parent 38th Infantry Division were members of the Selected Reserve Force(SRF). SRF units were to be among the first selected in the event of a wide-spread reserve call-up by the president. The 38th Infantry Division fully expected to be called to active duty, and the inclusion of an airborne battalion was thought to be highly valued. However, despite the Joint Chiefs of Staff's recommendation for reserve forces to be mobilized for service in Vietnam, the Department of Defense decided not to use them and no large-scale call-up of reservists ever materialized. As a result of the DOD's reorganization of the National Guard, in 1967, several National Guard Divisions were broken up and realigned. Although the 38th Infantry Division survived, it was forced to lose its coveted airborne infantry battalion. Indiana Adjutant General, John S. Anderson was able, however, to retain enough airborne qualified personnel to form two long range patrol(LRP)companies, under the auspices of the Military Department of Indiana(MDI). This resulted in the formation of Delta & Echo Companies (LRP), 151st Infantry. The assets of the two units were later used to form a single company; designated Company D. The company headquarters plus one platoon were based in Greenfield, Indiana, with two others stationed in Muncie, and Evansville, Indiana. The war in Vietnam continued to escalate and so did resistance to the war at home. Several states began using the guard to control demonstrations, especially on college campuses. The future for Company D took an ominous turn with the North Korean seizure of the USS Pueblo and North Vietnam's "Tet" incursion into many cities and villages of South Vietnam. These events laid the political justification for D/151 and some 20,000 other National Guardsmen and Reservists to be activated. Quite unexpectedly, Company D was informed that summer camp training for 1968 would be held in March, at the Army's Jungle Warfare Training Center, in the Panama Canal Zone. Many of the men could not quite believe it when the cadre of the jungle school informed them that they were headed for Vietnam. Three weeks after achieving a 98 percent graduation rate in Panama, President Johnson activated the unit. On Monday, May 13, 1968, the same day that peace talks began in Paris, 8 officers, 1 warrant officer and 195 enlisted men departed the Indiana National Guard Headquarters at Stout Field, in Indianapolis, and convoyed in WWII-era trucks to Ft. Benning, Georgia. GEN William Westmoreland, the recently appointed Army Chief of Staff, directed the United States Army Infantry School to provide the company with all available assets, and attached the company to the 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 197th Infantry Brigade, on Kelley Hill, for administration and logistical support. Upon arrival, the company began 26 weeks of intensive unit and individual training. All members of the unit were already airborne qualified, and after a brief administration period, the men of Company D attended a variety of Army schools. Many graduated from the Ranger, Pathfinder, Jump Master, RTO and other courses. During this period, the unit began to receive regular army(RA)and draftee(US)replacements to fill losses due to expirations of enlistment, training and security clearance failures, sole surviving sons, brothers and other men deemed unqualified for ranger service in Vietnam. After the company finished individual training, the Ranger School established a modified three-week ranger training program for the entire unit. Additionally, the company received training from the British and Australian SAS, at Eglin AFB, in advanced patrolling and tracking concepts. Company D was declared by the Infantry School as the best trained unit in its history. Just prior to deployment, the unit's commander, CPT Kenneth Himsel, was promoted to Major and sent to Vietnam as an individual replacement. His newly promoted brother, CPT Ronald Himsel, became Company D's commander. On 20 December 1968, an advance team left to set up the company's new home, Camp Atterbury(EAST), located adjacent to Camp Frenzell-Jones, in Long Binh. The compound was the former home of Battery B, 6th Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery, and was secured to provide a base camp for D/151. On 28 December 1968, the remainder of the company departed Ft. Benning's Lawson Army Airfield on C-141A Starlifters in three contingents and arrived in Vietnam on 30 December 1968.  The Joint Chiefs of Staff had tentatively planned for D/151 to join XXIV Corps, in the I Corps Tactical Zone (I CTZ). Troop ceilings, however, caused these plans to be changed. Due to Company D not being infused, as other Guard units were, United States Army Vietnam (USARV) was directed to deactivate Company F (LRP)51st Infantry and replace it with D/151. Company D was assigned to II Field Force Vietnam(IIFFV)with the mission of conducting long range patrols in War Zone D, in the III Corps Tactical Zone(III CTZ). The 199th Light Infantry Brigade conducted a one week orientation course with the unit, and Company D received four more weeks of intensive, mission-specific training from the provisional II Field Force Long Range Patrol Company(formerly Company F(LRP), 51st Infantry). F/51 instructed its successor unit in patrolling concepts unique to the capital area battlefield. F/51's commander, MAJ George M. Heckman, assumed command of D/151 due to his experience and vast knowledge of long range patrol operations. By mid January 1969, Company D personnel were going on patrol with F/51 for long range patrol orientation and were deemed operational on 23 JAN 69. On the unit's very first patrol with Company F, a team from first platoon made contact with the enemy and M-60 machine gunner, Gerry Brantley, earned the company's first purple heart. It is extremely doubtful that D/151 would have achieved its staggering battlefield reputation without the professionalism and competence of F/51. On 1 FEB 69, the Department of the Army(DA)reorganized all regular army LRP units to "letter" Ranger companies of the 75th Infantry. DA also issued a general order that increased the authorized strength of D/151 from 214 to 230 personnel. This action increased the number of patrol platoons from three to four, increased the number of patrol personnel from five to six, and authorized a Major as commander. The order also changed D/151's parenthetical designation from "LRP" to "RANGER." Additionally, USARV was directed to secure 20 slots in each of the first three MACV recondo classes, beginning in January, and unit members began to attend this highly elite school run by the 5th Special Forces in Nha Trang, following the completion of unit training with F/51. On 8 FEB 1969, the "Indiana Rangers" began patrolling into AO INDIANA, in southern War Zone D, in Long Khanh and Bien Hoa Provinces. D/151 had trained as a reconnaissance unit at Ft. Benning. This changed quickly as the Indiana Rangers now found themselves under the operational control of the II Field Force G-3 operations section. The G-3's most accepted method of intelligence gathering were ambush patrols along trails, and adjacent to the Song Dong Ngai and Song Be rivers. Company patrols sometimes also ventured into the "Heart-Shaped Woods" and "Iron Triangle" areas of Binh Duong Province. Company D's principle enemy was the infamous "Dong Ngai Regiment," and many D/151 patrols locked horns with NVA/VC units of the Dong Ngai in bunker complexes and base camps throughout III CTZ, with the Indiana Rangers at a considerable numerical disadvantage.  Army aviation was paramount in contributing to the remarkable combat record of D/151. Insertions and extractions, frequently under fire, were performed by the "Annie Fannies" of the 117th Assault Helicopter Company. Cobra gunship support, often the Indiana Rangers' most effective method of breaking contact with a larger, determined enemy force came courtesy of the "Playboys," of the 334th Armed Helicopter Company. Both companies were members of the 145th Combat Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, and had rotating sections assigned to Company D on a permanent basis. The all vital communication relay and aerial observation was performed by the "Aloft" pilots, as they were known, of the 74th Reconnaissance Aviation Company. The men of the 74th RAC provided constant radio-relay from the teams to the Company's tactical operations center(TOC)back at Camp Atterbury(EAST), in Long Binh, and were the first to know of enemy contacts and problems with the teams. Countless Indiana Rangers are alive today because of the valor, courage and raw determination of these three Army aviation units. Tragically, the only air loss during D/151's tenure was due to a mechanical problem in the company command and control helicopter, resulting in the death of all aboard, including aviation section leader, CPT Michael "Iron Mike" Reitz; 3rd platoon leader, Indiana Ranger, 1LT George Kleiber; and his replacement, Indiana Ranger, 1LT Kenneth Cummings, who had arrived to the company just two days prior. Today, thirty years later, they are still sadly missed. III Corps Tactical Zone contained the capital, Saigon, as well as most of South Vietnam's industrial and logistical areas. Company D patrols were also used to provide early warning of enemy movements into these vital areas, including the giant Long Binh-Bien Hoa logistical base. In just its first six months in Vietnam, D/151 fielded 573 patrols. The Indiana Rangers reported 134 separate enemy observations and participated in 94 combat engagements with 76 NVA/VC killed by direct fire. Many others were killed by helicopters, Air Force tactical aircraft and artillery. Several patrols reported a massing of enemy troops during Tet of 1969. Most patrols were made up of five or six man teams but many 12 man teams were conducted when previous information suggested that contact was likely. One mission, in May 1969, led by Indiana Ranger team leader, SSG Jon Ellis, a National Guardsman from Anderson, Indiana, counted 600 NVA as they advanced south. The staff officers, clerk-typists and other II Field Force rear echelon personnel were getting their early warning. On this particular night, SSG Ellis did not pull his team back to a remain-overnight-position, but elected to stay within visual sight of the enemy trail. Forced to initiate due to enemy movement, SSG Ellis engaged the massive enemy formation while directing artillery and aviation assets upon the enemy. SSG Ellis was able to safely evade the enemy and extract his team with no friendly casualties. RA and US soldiers recruited to take their place, replaced National Guard losses due to death, wounds, hardships and early-outs for college. These new members were first required to successfully complete an in-country training program staffed by a cadre of veteran Rangers. The new men also had to be approved by all members of the team to which they were assigned. In early November, the 73 remaining National Guard members were moved from the base camp at Long Binh to Bien Hoa in preparation for the unit's return to Indiana. On 20 November 1969, Company D (RANGER), 151st Infantry commenced stand-down procedures and returned home to a grateful state and nation. Indiana Governor, Edgar G. Whitcomb, declared 26 November 1969 as "Unity Day" and ordered all state and county offices closed in recognition of Company D's homecoming ceremony held that evening at Tyndall Armory, in downtown Indianapolis. Company D was also awarded the "key to the city" by Indianapolis Mayor, Richard Lugar. The emotional highlight of the ceremony took place when the Rangers of Company D stood at rigid attention as the names of their killed in action were read aloud. Four members of Company D made the supreme sacrifice on Ranger missions, with two additional deaths resulting from a helicopter crash. Indiana Rangers were decorated 538 times in Vietnam. 19 Silver Stars, 1 Soldiers Medal, 123 Bronze Stars(88 with "V" device for valor), 101 Purple Hearts,111 Air Medals and 183 Army Commendation Medals(29 with "V" device for valor) were awarded for valor and achievement. No other single Army Infantry company was as decorated during a one-year period of time as the Indiana Rangers
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The 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery of the Michigan National Guard, with members directly descended from the 30-strong detachment of Rogers' Rangers stationed in Fort Detroit;
 
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very cool

especially this bit:
The 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery of the Michigan National Guard, with members directly descended from the 30-strong detachment of Rogers' Rangers stationed in Fort Detroit;
 



That's pretty cool. Someone way back on my dad's side of the family married Robert Rodgers' sister.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 9:24:19 AM EDT
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John Mosby's Ranger's, the 43rd Virginia Calvary.

My home is on the battlefield known as The Skirmish at Miskel's Farm.  Mosby's and his men probably rode directly across my property as an old wagon road is still visible.
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The Stonewall Brigade (now 116th IBCT) traces its lineage to the Augusta Longrifles (frontier militia) and fought in the Revolution. They became Jackson's foot cavalry and fought through the war. They were part of the punitive expedition against Pancho Villa and fought with distinction in the Muese-Argonne forest in WWI. They spearheaded the invasion of Normandy and some units suffered greater than 90% casualties. They fought through the remainder of the war. Since then they have served at GITMO, OEF, and OIF. They have a hell of a lineage, and I am proud to have served in their ranks, and helped add a campaign streamer.
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I second the submission by the op as I am Maryland born and raised.

Some interesting factoids about the 115th Regiment (which is now the 175th), compliments of the wiki:

The 115th Infantry claims lineage back to the earliest militia units formed to protect the frontier of western Maryland. The birthdate of the unit, 14 June 1775, is also the birthdate of the United States Army. The first two companies to leave Maryland were assembled in Frederick in the summer of 1775 under the command of Captains Cresap and Price; they were organized in response to the Continental Congress' call to active duty. They left Frederick in August and marched 551 miles (887 km) in 21 days to report to General Washington in September to support Washington's efforts to drive the British out of Boston. These personnel later became part of the 1st Maryland Regiment, "Maryland 400" or "Maryland Line," who repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island, sustaining heavy casualties, but allowing General Washington to successfully evacuate the bulk of his troops to Manhattan. This action is commemorated in Maryland's nickname, the "Old Line State."
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The 1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry (USA), commanded by Colonel John R. Kenly, and the 1st Maryland Infantry (CSA), commanded by Colonel Bradley T. Johnson, constituted the major part of the forces engaged at the Battle of Front Royal on 23 May 1862. During this battle, in which the Confederates were successful, Colonel Kenly gave utterance to the famous command, "Rally round the Flag," which is to this day the motto of the 115th Regiment. This was the only time in United States military history that two regiments of the same numerical designation and from the same state engaged each other in battle. The 1st Maryland Infantry, CSA had been composed primarily of soldiers the Baltimore-based Fifth Regiment.
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This, I am from Brunswick, General Chamberlain is buried down the street from my house in the Pine Grove Cemetery.

The next street over is Chamberlain Ave.



 
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First Colorado Volunteer  Infantry.  They marched from around Trinidad, CO to reinforce Fort Union,  the major Union supply depot for the SW in record time, averaging 30 miles a day (they alternated between walking and riding their wagons).  Unwilling to stay and defend Fort Union, they marched to Glorietta, New Mexico and fought a three day battle.  While compelled to retreat, the destruction of the Confederates wagon train forced the Confederates to abandon their campaign. They were later converted to cavalry and were responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre of peaceful Indians.  This shocked the nation and their commanding officer resigned.
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The local PA National Guard unit pre-dates the Declaration of Independence

http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0109fa.htm


109th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
(WYOMING VALLEY GUARDS)

   Constituted 11 May 1775 in the Connecticut Militia as the 24th Regiment
   Organized 17 October 1775 in the Wyoming Valley region
   (1st and 2d Independent Westmoreland Companies [also known as Wyoming Companies] authorized 23 August 1776 in the Continental Army; organized 26 August-21 September 1776 in Westmoreland County, Connecticut [Wyoming Valley region]; consolidated 23 June 1778 as Captain Simon Spaulding’s Wyoming Independent Company; disbanded 1 January 1778 at Fort Wyoming [Wilkes-Barre], Connecticut, and personnel reverted to the 24th Regiment, Connecticut Militia)
   24th Regiment reorganized in 1781 as the 1st Company, 5th Regiment
   (Wyoming Valley region awarded 30 December 1782 to Pennsylvania)
   Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated in 1787 in the Pennsylvania Militia in Luzerne County as Colonel Hollenback’s Battalion
   Redesignated 11 April 1793 as the 3d Regiment, Luzerne County
   Redesignated 9 April 1799 as the 35th Regiment
   (Artillery Company, 35th Regiment, mustered into Federal service 5 May 1813 at Erie; mustered out of Federal service 5 November 1813 at Erie)
   Redesignated 19 March 1816 as the 2d Regiment
   Volunteer companies of the 2d Regiment reorganized and redesignated 9 August 1821 as the Wyoming Volunteer Battalion
   Reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1834 as the Wyoming Volunteer Regiment
   (Wyoming Artillerists and Wyoming Yagers consolidated and mustered into Federal service 16 December 1846 at Pittsburgh as Company I, 1st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 20 July 1848 at Pittsburgh)
   Mustered into Federal service 22-24 April 1861 at Harrisburg as the 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 29 July 1861 at Harrisburg
   Reorganized and mustered into Federal service 18 October 1862 at Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg as the 143d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 12 June 1865 at Hart Island, New York
   (Pennsylvania Militia redesignated 9 April 1870 as the Pennsylvania National Guard)
   Reorganized 11 January 1871 in the Pennsylvania National Guard in Luzerne County as the 15th Infantry Regiment
   Consolidated 28 November 1873 with the 17th Infantry Regiment (constituted 23 November 1871 in the Pennsylvania National Guard and organized from new and existing companies in Luzerne County) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 9th Infantry Regiment
   Disbanded 23 September 1878 in Luzerne County
   Reconstituted 24 June 1879 in the Pennsylvania National Guard as the 9th Infantry Regiment
   Reorganized 25 July 1879 at Wilkes-Barre
   Mustered into Federal service 11 May 1898 at Mount Gretna as the 9th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 29 October 1898 at Wilkes-Barre
   Reorganized 5 January-28 March 1899 with Headquarters at Wilkes-Barre
   Converted and redesignated 16 August 1916 as the 3d Field Artillery Regiment
   Mustered into Federal service 8 September 1916 at Mount Gretna; mustered out of Federal service 23-27 March 1917 at Wilkes-Barre
   Mustered into Federal service 16-19 July 1917 at home stations; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
   Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1917 as the 109th Field Artillery and assigned to the 28th Division
   Demobilized 17 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
   Reorganized 1919-1921 in the Pennsylvania National Guard in northern Pennsylvania as the 3d Field Artillery
   Redesignated 1 April 1921 as the 109th Field Artillery and assigned to the 28th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 29 June 1921 at Wilkes-Barre
   Inducted into Federal service 17 February 1941 at home stations
   Regiment broken up 17 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
   Headquarters disbanded
   Headquarters Battery consolidated with the Pioneer Company, 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion (organized in 1941) and consolidated unit designated as the Pioneer Company, 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion
   1st Battalion as the 2d Battalion, 193d Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 28th Division
   2d Battalion as the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
   After 17 February 1942 the above units underwent changes as follows:
   Headquarters reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Pennsylvania National Guard
   Pioneer Company, 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, redesignated 22 July 1942 as the Reconnaissance Company, 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion
   Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
   2d Battalion, 193d Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1943 as the 688th Field Artillery Battalion
   Inactivated 2 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
   Reorganized and Federally recognized 11 May 1948 as the 967th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, with Headquarters at Wilkes-Barre
   Ordered into active Federal service 1 May 1951 at home stations; released 19 March 1955 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
   Federal recognition withdrawn 15 January 1956
   109th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 30 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
   Consolidated 17 December 1946 with Headquarters, 109th Field Artillery, and the Reconnaissance Company, 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized as the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division, with Headquarters at Wilkes-Barre
   Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Wilkes-Barre (109th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 27 July 1953 at Wilkes-Barre)
   Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 109th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
   Consolidated 15 January 1956 with the 967th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (see above) and consolidated unit designated as the 109th Field Artillery Battalion
   Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 109th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 28th Infantry Division
   Reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division
   Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 109th Field Artillery
   Reorganized 1 September 1977 to consist of the 1st Battalion and Battery F, elements of the 28th Infantry Division
   Withdrawn 5 April 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
   Ordered into active Federal service 18 December 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 14 June 2005 and reverted to state control
   Redesignated 1 September 2005 as the 109th Field Artillery Regiment
   Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 55th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division

Campaign Participation Credit

   Revolutionary War
   Brandywine
   Germantown
   New Jersey 1777
   Pennsylvania 1777
   Pennsylvania 1778
   Pennsylvania 1779
   New York 1779
   Mexican War
   Vera Cruz
   Cerro Gordo
   Civil War
   Chancellorsville
   Gettysburg
   Wilderness
   Spotsylvania
   Cold Harbor
   Petersburg
   Virginia 1861
   Virginia 1863
   World War I
   Oise-Aisne
   Ypres-Lys
   Meuse-Argonne
   Champagne 1918
   Lorraine 1918
   World War II
   Normandy
   Northern France
   Rhineland
   Ardennes-Alsace
   Central Europe
   War on Terrorism
   Campaigns to be determined

Battery B (Nanticoke,) 1st Battalionm, additionally entitled to:

   War on Terrorism
   Iraq:
   Iraqi Sovereignty
   (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

   Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES
   Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG
   Headquarters Battery (Wilkes-Barre), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
   Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
   Battery B, 1st Battalion (Nanticoke), additionally entitled to:
   Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ JAN-DEC 2004
   Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ FEB – SEP 2009

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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[#34]
Florida Brigade (consisted of the 2nd, 5th and 8th Florida Infantry.) They were part of the Army of Northern Virginia.

The Florida Brigade fought in the Battles of Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Antietam from Aug-Sep 1862. They also fought at the Battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, and Malvern Hill in 1862. Colonel David Lang took command of the Florida Brigade and led them at Fredricksburg in Dec 1862 and Chancellorsville in May 1863. Under Col. Lang's command the Florida Brigade fought at Gettysburg in July 1863. They were attached to Picket's Division, and took part in the famous attack on the Union center on the 3rd day.



2nd Florida Infantry
Active July 1861 – April 10, 1865

The 2nd Florida was organized on April and July 1861 and mustered into Confederate service for 12 months near Jacksonville, Florida on July 13, 1861 and joined Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in the late summer.

5th Florida Infantry
Active 1862 – April 9, 1865

The 5th Florida Infantry Regiment served in E.A. Perry's Florida Brigade alongside the 2nd and 8th Florida. Perry's Brigade served under Anderson’s Division of Longstreet’s First Corps, of the Army of Northern Virginia.


8th Florida Infantry
Active 1861 – April 10, 1865

In the summer of 1862, the 8th Florida Infantry Regiment was assigned to E.A. Perry's newly formed Florida Brigade alongside the 2nd and 5th Florida.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 10:43:04 AM EDT
[#35]
Ferguson P.D.

Link Posted: 4/19/2015 10:54:12 AM EDT
[#36]
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Came here to post this


Joshua Chamberlin was a Bowdoin College professor. He taught over his career every subject but Mathematics at Bowdoin. Also, despite having a speech impediment, was a brilliant orator and debater. He eventually became college President.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 10:54:18 AM EDT
[#37]
Local to this area is a regiment that fought in many battles. Their colors are the oldest still in existence and still on display at Independence hall.

"Domari Nolo"   It the moto and means   "I refuse to be subjugated".


The First Continental Regiment




First Continental Regiment or "First Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment"
This regiment served, during the course of the Revolution,  in each of the thirteen colonies and it's banner was carried at the battles of

Battle of Trenton
Second Battle of Trenton
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Matson's Ford
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Springfield
Battle of Stony Point
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 11:04:39 AM EDT
[#38]
The 6th Tennessee Cavalry US was from around my area in the Civil War. They were a bunch of POS cut throats. Forrest threatened to hang anyone of them that he caught. They decapitated a relative of my wife and put his head on a mile marker down the road from my house.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 11:18:32 AM EDT
[#39]
As I'm on my phone and can't elaborate right now  I would like to add.  The Screaming Eagles of the 101st. Aviation Brigade.  The 502nd. Infantry Regiment.  160th. Special Operations Aviation Regiment.  5th. Special Forces Group.  These are from my hometown.  Oh yeah, and a bunch of fellows that went down to Texas to lend a hand with a guy named Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.  That helped jump start someplace called Texas.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 11:27:54 AM EDT
[#40]
2nd Battalion 138th Field Artillery Co C Firebase Tomahawk. "Sons of Bardstown"
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 11:29:44 AM EDT
[#41]
8th OVI

Helped repel Pickets charge

Gettysburg
On June 3, 1863, elements of Lee's army began heading away from Fredericksburg towards the Shenandoah Valley. In response, the Union army, first under Joseph Hooker and then underGeorge G. Meade, slowly began to pursue Lee into Maryland and subsequently into south-central Pennsylvania. The 8th OVI lost a number of men to sunstroke and heat exhaustion during the brutal march northward, but arrived near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, late in the day of July 1 and took up a defensive position along Cemetery Ridge with 209 men in its ranks. When James Longstreet and A. P. Hill launched attacks aimed at rolling up the Union line from south to north, the 8th was quickly shifted to a position near the Emmitsburg Road, where it engaged in a series of attacks and counterattacks on July 2 with Mississippi troops under Brig. Gen. Carnot Posey, while the rest of the brigade (now under Col. Samuel "Red" Carroll) was sent to Cemetery Hill to reinforce the embattled XI Corps.

After a restless night, the 8th held their position in the fields west of Emmitsburg Road, duelling with Confederate skirmishers for much of the morning of July 3. Following a lengthy cannonade in the early afternoon, over 12,000 Confederates under George Pickett, Isaac R. Trimble, and Johnston Pettigrew stepped off from Seminary Ridge and marched towards the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. Facing a force several times its number, the 8th Ohio held its advanced position and was able to flank portions of a Virginia brigade under Col. John M. Brockenbrough. Assisted by artillery fire from Cemetery Hill and Ziegler's Grove, the 8th succeeded in routing much of Brockenbrough's force, the first brigade to ever break and flee during Lee's tenure in command of the Army of Northern Virginia. The 8th then shifted and poured fire into the flank of other Confederate regiments. As the assault waned, the regiment collected over 300 prisoners of war.[3] As the Ohioans reentered the Union lines, they were given a salute of arms and cheers from the other regiments.

The 8th Ohio rested on July 4 before joining the Army of the Potomac in the pursuit of the retreating Confederates into Virginia. It served in the subsequent Bristoe and Mine Run Campaigns, but saw no further significant combat in 1863.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 11:40:51 AM EDT
[#42]


Co. A, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

"The University Grays"

Organized in April of 1861, Co.A was made up entirely of Students and Faculty of the University of Mississippi(Ole Miss).  On the first day of school in Fall of '61 only 3 students and one professor were recorded as present and the University was closed until further notice. They were sworn into service on the grounds of the Lafayette County Courthouse ( in the middle of the Square today) and mustered into the Confederate States Army at Corinth in Early May.
They were assigned to Longstreet's Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia and immediately boarded trains for Harper's Ferry,  VA.

They served at Manassas, the Peninsula Campaign,  Seven Days, Fredericksburg,  the Wilderness,  and Winchester.  In late June of '63 they moved into PA.

They arrived at Gettysburg late in the day on July 2nd, too late to take part in any action.  They went into camp along with the rest of the Mississippi Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Benjamin Humphreys.  They were detailed to reinforce General Pickett's Division for duty on the third day.

On the morning of July 3rd, the 11th took their place at the center of the line in preparation to attack the Federal Center.  Upon completion of the massive artillery bombardment,  the order was given to advance on a "Copse of Trees".  Approximately 20 minutes later, all 135 men and officers of Co. A were either dead or wounded, the unit sustained 100 % ( yes, one hundred percent ) casualties.  The 11th was effectively destroyed as a fighting unit.  Their Colors were captured by a Ohio Infantry unit near the rock wall at the center of the line. Some of the men are buried at the Confed Cemetery on the Campus they left just a year and a half earlier.










wikipedia

Link Posted: 4/19/2015 11:45:02 AM EDT
[#43]
Lets just say that not too many Canadian units have Battle Honours for capturing American cities.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 12:29:48 PM EDT
[#44]
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Local to this area is a regiment that fought in many battles. Their colors are the oldest still in existence and still on display at Independence hall.

"Domari Nolo"   It the moto and means   "I refuse to be subjugated".


The First Continental Regiment

http://www.davisonmuseum.org/flags/firstcontinentalflag.jpg


First Continental Regiment or "First Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment"
This regiment served, during the course of the Revolution,  in each of the thirteen colonies and it's banner was carried at the battles of

Battle of Trenton
Second Battle of Trenton
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Matson's Ford
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Springfield
Battle of Stony Point
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Beat me to it. Condensed version, wiki.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 12:33:42 PM EDT
[#45]
1st Minnesota

I believe about 200 Minnesotans took on about 2,000 rebels at Gettysburg.


The men of the 1st Minnesota are most remembered for their actions on July 2, 1863, during the second day's fighting at Gettysburg, where the regiment prevented the Confederates from pushing the Federals off of Cemetery Ridge, a position that was to be crucial in the battle.

Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, commander of the II Corps, ordered the regiment to assault a much larger enemy force (a brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox) telling Col. William Colvill to take the enemy's colors. The fateful charge bought the time needed while other forces were brought up. During the charge, 215 members of the 262 men who were present at the time became casualties in five minutes, including the regimental commander, Col. William Colvill, and all but three of his regimental Captains.

The unit's flag fell five times and rose again each time. The 47 survivors rallied back to General Hancock under the senior surviving officer, Captain Nathan S. Messick. The 82 percent casualty rate stands to this day as the largest loss by any surviving military unit in U.S. history during a single day's engagement. The unit's flag is now in the Minnesota Capitol's rotunda.
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Link Posted: 4/19/2015 1:53:31 PM EDT
[#47]
great stuff guys
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 2:11:44 PM EDT
[#48]
Edit: too slow beat by wolfdentd


The 1st Special Service Force (also called The Devil's Brigade, The Black Devils, The Black Devils' Brigade, and Freddie's Freighters), was an elite American-Canadian commando unit in World War II, under the United States Fifth Army. The unit was organized in 1942 and trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana in the United States. It fought in the Aleutian Islands, Italy, and southern France before being disbanded in December 1944.

Link Posted: 4/19/2015 2:24:04 PM EDT
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Edit: too slow beat by wolfdentd


The 1st Special Service Force (also called The Devil's Brigade, The Black Devils, The Black Devils' Brigade, and Freddie's Freighters), was an elite American-Canadian commando unit in World War II, under the United States Fifth Army. The unit was organized in 1942 and trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana in the United States. It fought in the Aleutian Islands, Italy, and southern France before being disbanded in December 1944.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/1st_Special_Service_Force.patch.jpg
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I had the honor of carrying their unit colors, accompanied by a number of 1st SSF vets, during an Airborne anniversary celebration at Ft. Benning, GA, in early 1997. As a Canadian-American, it was one of the highlights of my career to be able to do my little part to honor their service and sacrifice.
Link Posted: 4/19/2015 2:32:26 PM EDT
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John Mosby's Ranger's, the 43rd Virginia Calvary.

My home is on the battlefield known as The Skirmish at Miskel's Farm.  Mosby's and his men probably rode directly across my property as an old wagon road is still visible.
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You beat me to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_Battalion,_Virginia_Cavalry


DEVGRU is also based out of Dam Neck.






VA is a military state, with bases all over the place belonging to all five services and some paramilitary US Government groups (to include SAD training done at Camp Peary) .
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