Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer was the regiment's first permanent commander and, like such generals as George S. Patton and Terry De La Mesa Allen in their rise to military prominence, Custer was a believer in blood and guts warfare.

After the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run and the retirement of the aged Winfield Scott in late 1861, Lincoln appointed Major General George B. McClellan general-in-chief of all the Union armies.

President Lincoln rejected two geographically limited emancipation attempts by Major General John C. Frémont in August 1861 and by Major General David Hunter in May 1862, on the grounds that it was not within their power, and it would upset the border states loyal to the Union.

* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

* 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the " Development of Substitute Materials " project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Major General J. E. B.

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* Also the Bavarian Major General and War Minister Moritz Ritter von Spies ( 1805 – 1862 ) was born in Ansbach.

* Land Forces: Major General Stefan Vasilev

* Air Force: Major General Konstantin Popov

As the English battalions descended the gentle slope of the Petite Gheete valley, struggling through the boggy stream, they were met by Major General de la Guiche ’ s disciplined Walloon infantry sent forward from around Offus.

Essex left Sir Philip Skippon, his Sergeant Major General of Foot, in command while he himself escaped to Plymouth in a fishing boat.

Major General William Rupertus, USMC — commander of 1st Marine Division — predicted the island would be secured within four days.

Major General Robert Ford, then Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland, ordered that 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ( 1 PARA ) should travel to Derry to be used to arrest possible rioters during the march.

* Deputy Chief of the General Staff-Director of JOC ( Operations Commander ): Major General Josef Prokš

* Support Policy Division: Director Major General Pavel Jevula

* 1864 – American Civil War: Franklin-Nashville Campaign – Battle of Nashville – Major General George H. Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Reformers were led by Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts, who favored modification ( but ultimately voted for the defense authorization bill with the gay ban language ), and Barry Goldwater, a former Republican Senator and a retired Major General, who argued on behalf of allowing service by open gays and lesbians.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

* 1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.

* Lew Wallace, Territorial Governor of New Mexico, Major General ( U. S. Army ), diplomat

Major donors included Walter Annenberg, Lew Wasserman, Lodwrick Cook, Joe Albritton, Rupert Murdoch, Richard Sills, and John P. McGovern.

* Lew Gallo as Major Joe Cobb ( season 1 )

Joseph Sullivan, the model for Inspector Lew Erskine, the fictional character played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in the 1965-1974 ABC TV series The FBI, was perhaps the best-known of the Bureau's Major Case Inspectors.

Jon Lewis " Lew " Ford ( born August 12, 1976 ) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles.

Major battles during the Wars of Scottish Independence took place at the Stirling Bridge in 1297 and at the nearby village of Bannockburn in 1314 involving William Wallace and Robert the Bruce respectively.

Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.

Harry's depiction of Wallace has been criticised by Major and others as being fictionalized.

Major media outlets observed the support Wallace received from extremist groups such as White Citizens ' Councils.

* Philadelphia, 1780 / 81: Sir Patrick Clemens ( King title ), Lady Diana Knight ( Queen title ), Lady Grey ( Queen title ), Elizabeth Shaw-Worthington, Major General Wallace Worthington, Commander Clinton

Major employers of the city include Baxter Serum Mfg., Johnson & Johnson's Cordis Division, Insertco ( Print shop for medical instructions inserts ), Wallace International, General Electric ( production of circuit breakers ) and several business owners.

* Thunderbolt Wreck, a dive site based on the scuttled ship Major General Wallace F. Randolph

Born as William Oliver Wallace in Bangalore, India, where his father ( also called William ) was serving as a Sergeant Major with the 1st Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, he spent his early years on a British station in Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, going to Britain with his mother Lillian at the age of seven.

On May 7, 2012, Vizquel became the oldest player to play at shortstop in the Major League history, surpassing Bobby Wallace, who played 12 games with the St. Louis Cardinals at the age of 44 in 1918.

Rhoderick John " Bobby " Wallace ( November 4, 1873 – November 3, 1960 ) was a Major League Baseball infielder, pitcher, manager, umpire and scout.

Wallace Keith " Wally " Joyner ( born June 16, 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia ) is a former first baseman and hitting coach in Major League Baseball.

Wallace Wade Moon, known popularly as Wally Moon, ( born April 3, 1930, in Bay, Arkansas ) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers established the corps in 1903, making it the first independent Signal Corps in the British Empire.

Ryan Wallace Zimmerman ( born September 28, 1984 ) is a Major League Baseball third baseman with the Washington Nationals.

Brook Wallace Jacoby ( born November 23, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and the current hitting coach of the Cincinnati Reds.

Among them is Major Scott McCoy ( Chuck Norris ), who, against orders, rescues his wounded comrade Pete Peterson ( William Wallace ) from the burning helicopter before the team finally evacuates.

As a matter of interest, a PWOR officer by the name of Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers, made his own way to South Africa, after being turned down for South Africa service, in Canada.

Wallace was too old for active service, and Major WO Morris took the Battalion overseas.

After fighting off a heavy VC and NVA assault, the squad is praised by an overjoyed Major Wallace, who promises all of them commendations for their bravery.

Major Wallace is killed when the men are forced to play Russian roulette.

Another prominent society is that of the Combined Cadet Force ( CCF ), which is overseen by Major Wallace and RSM Rothwell.