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Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors, etc., were not needed at the time the 25th Infantry made the charge on El Caney, and those officers simply watched the battle from convenient points, as Lieutenants and enlisted men made the charge alone.
History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Edward A. Johnson
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On the 24th of February, 1869, I was summoned to Washington, arriving on the 26th, taking along my aides, Lieutenant-Colonels
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Colonel and five Lieutenant-Colonels on active service, namely, Colonel
"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie
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They said, "Well, we will give you four Lieutenant-Colonels for him."
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Lieutenant-Colonels, forty Majors, forty-six Adjutants, seventy-one Surgeons, two hundred and fifty-four Captains, one hundred and fifty-five Lieutenants, thirty-eight non-commissioned officers, and three hundred and sixty-five
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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Sending the courier to camp, he tore open his order -- a brief letter of instructions to furnish such escort as might be deemed sufficient for the safe conduct of Lieutenant-Colonels
A Wounded Name Charles King 1888
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Lieutenant-Colonels Granger, Ebright, Binkley, and others, it was soon assembled in good line in front of Gordon's advancing column, where it did much to arrest it.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Joseph Warren Keifer 1884
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The bravery and fighting skill of Colonels Ball, Horn, and M.Clennan, also of Lieutenant-Colonels M.M. Granger and W.N. Foster, and
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Joseph Warren Keifer 1884
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Instead of shoulder-straps the Colonels had three stars on either side of the coat collar, the Lieutenant-Colonels two, and the Major one star.
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Lieutenant-Colonels, and Majors, among whom is not to be forgotten the enthusiast Harrison, back from Ireland just at the right moment.
The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864
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