Anthony Wayne was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, on 1 January 1745. As a boy he attended his uncle’s private academy. Later he studied surveying and supervised a land settlement project in Nova Scotia. In 1766, he married Mary Penrose. In January 1776, Congress made him a colonel of the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion. A year later, …
Winfield Scott was born near Petersburg, Virginia, on 13 June 1786. He attended William and Mary College for a time and then studied law in Virginia. Scott then enlisted in Petersburg’s cavalry troop and subsequently became a captain in the Regular Army in 1808. Scott reported for duty in New Orleans, under the command of Major General James …
When war broke out between the United States and Spain in 1898, President William McKinley, in a move to help heal the wounds of the Civil War and reunite North and South, appointed a number of former Confederate officers to command volunteer units. One of these former rebels was Joseph Wheeler, popularly known as “Fighting …
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We were established in 1983 as a member-based, charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We seek to educate future Americans to fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American Soldiers have made to safeguard the freedoms of this Nation. Our funding helps to acquire and conserve Army historical art and artifacts, support Army history educational programs, research, and publication of historical materials on the American Soldier, and provide support and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals.
