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David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was an American military officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War.He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order (immediately rescinded) emancipating slaves in three Southern states, for his leadership of United States troops during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, and as the president of the military commission ...
Soldiers without weapons use a salute appropriate for their headdress. In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, the command is often preceded with a general salute or royal/presidential/national salute, when appropriate. Order arms: Servicemen carrying a weapon lower the butt of the weapon to the ground, muzzle vertical.
John Pope (March 16, 1822 – September 23, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas) in the East . Pope was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1842.
In general, military personnel give orders only to those directly below them in the chain of command and receive orders only from those directly above them. A service member who has difficulty executing a duty or order and appeals for relief directly to an officer above his immediate commander in the chain of command is likely to be disciplined ...
United Ancient Order of Druids. Foresters Friendly Society. Freemasons, including United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Knights of the Southern Cross. Loyal Orange Lodge. Odd Fellows (Independent Order of Odd Fellows or IOOF) Rechabites. Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes.
Order No. 227. Soviet postage stamp depicting a politruk throwing a grenade with the phrase "Not a Step Back!". Order No. 227 ( Russian: Приказ № 227, romanized : Prikaz No. 227) was an order issued on 28 July 1942 by Joseph Stalin, who was acting as the People's Commissar of Defence. It is known for its line "Not a step back!"
General Order No. 28. General Order No. 28 was a military decree made by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler during the American Civil War. [1] Following the Battle of New Orleans, Butler established himself as military commander of that city on May 1, 1862. Many of the city's inhabitants were strongly hostile to the Federal government, and many women in ...
General Order No. 11 was a controversial Union Army order issued by Major-General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862 during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. The order expelled all Jews from Grant's military district, comprising areas of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Grant issued the order in an effort to reduce ...