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  2. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A military funeral in the United States is a memorial or burial rite conducted by the United States Armed Forces for a Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman, Guardian or Coast Guardsman who died in battle, a veteran, or other prominent military figures or a president.

  3. List of United States Military Academy top-ranking graduates

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    Brigadier General (USV) Bvt. Major General (USV) served in the Corps of Engineers, was an infantry and staff officer during the American Civil War, became Professor of French at the Military Academy 1852 Thomas L. Casey: Brigadier General Chief of Engineers 1853 James B. McPherson: Brigadier General (USA) Major General (USV)

  4. Battle of Lundy's Lane - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Lundy's Lane, also known as the Battle of Niagara or contemporarily as the Battle of Bridgewater, [8] was fought on 25 July 1814, during the War of 1812, between an invading American army and a British and Canadian army near present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario.

  5. Nathaniel Lyon - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel Lyon. Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) was a United States Army officer who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. He is noted for his actions in Missouri in 1861, at the beginning of the conflict, to forestall secret secessionist plans of the governor Claiborne Jackson.

  6. John Bahnsen - Wikipedia

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    Legion of Merit (4), Bronze Star (4), Air Medal (51), Purple Heart (2), Meritorious Service Medal. Other work. Consultant, writer, gentleman farmer. John C. " Doc " Bahnsen Jr. (November 8, 1934 – February 21, 2024) was a United States Army brigadier general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War.

  7. Charles Young (United States Army officer) - Wikipedia

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    Charles Young (March 12, 1864 – January 8, 1922) was an American soldier. He was the third African American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first Black U.S. national park superintendent, first Black military attaché, first Black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the United States Army, and highest-ranking Black officer in the Regular Army until his death in 1922.

  8. State funeral of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    Funeral services, a procession, and a lying in state were first held in Washington, D.C., then a funeral train transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles (2,662 km) through seven states for burial in Springfield, Illinois. Never exceeding 20 mph, the train made several stops in principal cities and state capitals for processions, orations, and ...

  9. Military funeral - Wikipedia

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    A military funeral is a memorial or burial rite given by a country's military for a soldier, sailor, marine or airman who died in battle, a veteran, or other prominent military figures or heads of state. A military funeral may feature guards of honor, the firing of volley shots as a salute, drumming and other military elements, with a flag ...