But what the elements could not do was seriously threatened when Brigadier General William E. ( Grumble ) Jones reached Philippi while on the famous Jones-Imboden raid in May, 1863.

* 1942 – World War II: The most famous ( and first international ) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore ( with 25 fellow Texas A & M graduates who are under his command ), while 1. 8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.

As soon as the Committee of Public Safety heard of the victory Napoleon became a Brigadier General, the start of his meteoric rise to power.

Like the United Kingdom, prior to 1922 Australia used the rank Brigadier General

Marlborough quickly moved forward two brigades under the command of General Wilkes and Brigadier Rowe to secure the narrow strip of land between the Danube and the wooded Fuchsberg hill, at the Schwenningen defile.

A collective body, the National Council of Public Safety ( CNSP ), presided over by Brigadier General Robert Guéi, took control.

In 1988 Colonel Koffi Botty was the high commander of the National Gendarmerie, having replaced Brigadier General N ' daw in 1983.

* Director of Division for Development of Forces Branches-Operations Division: Brigadier General Josef Bečvář

A committee that was headed by psychiatrist Brigadier General William C. Menninger developed a new classification scheme called Medical 203 that was issued in 1943 as a War Department Technical Bulletin under the auspices of the Office of the Surgeon General.

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U. S. Air Force majors ; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an Army colonel ; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel ( later Air Force Brigadier General ); Col. Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines ; Col. ( later Major General ) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War ; and Maj. Maude C. Davison, who led the " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor " during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System.

When he returned from that expedition 8 days later, Brigadier General Richard Montgomery had assumed command of the invasion due to Schuyler's illness.

*** HQ Land Force Command ( Commander Brigadier General Pita Driti 2011 )

* 1915 – Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and pilot of B-29 " Enola Gay " over Hiroshima ( d. 2007 )

* 1963 – The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is overthrown by the Ba ' ath Party.

The Republican armies in Spain — which were resisting a Carlist insurrection — pronounced their allegiance to Alfonso in the winter of 1874 – 1875, led by Brigadier General Martínez-Campos.

He also served on special assignments for Jewish soldiers in the U. S. Army in the 1950s, receiving the simulated rank of Brigadier General for these missions.

* 1865 – American Civil War: at Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.

* 1918 – William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General ( d. 2005 )

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.

* Joseph R. Smith, US Brigadier General

Hardy handing over command of the Kenya Army to Brigadier Joseph Ndolo on 1 December 1966, British influence was underlined with the appointment of Major General Robert Penfold as Chief of General Staff, a new position as senior officer of the entire armed forces.

His replacement as commander of the Federal District of New Mexico was Brigadier General James H. Carleton.

" The Dean of the United States Military Academy, Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan, visited the set of 24 in February 2007 to urge the show's makers to reduce the number of torture scenes and Sutherland accepted an invitation from the U. S. military to tell West Point cadets that it is wrong to torture prisoners.

He was appointed Brigadier General June 24, 1811, he made the campaigns of 1812, 1813 and 1814, in Russia, Saxony and France.

The Strategic Reserve's 24 Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Horsford, was transported to Kuwait in Bristol Britannias in early July to augment the country's defences.

On December 24, 1861, the United States Congress passed a resolution of thanks for the " eminent and patriotic services of the late Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon.

Promoted to Brigadier General in 1793, he took part in the Battle of Fleurus ( 24 June 1794 ).

* Brigadier G. R. Smallwood ( acting Commanding Officer ) 24 July 1940 to 13 August 1940

Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC, CMG, CBE, ED ( 25 November 1892 – 24 November 1960 ) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Smith was appointed a Brevet Brigadier General in the Virginia Militia on April 24, 1861, then a colonel in the 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment on July 7, 1861.

The brigade, commanded by Brigadier Patrick Cordingley, later took part in the Coalition of the Gulf War ground campaign to liberate Iraqi-occupied Kuwait on 24 February 1991 that began after a sustained air campaign.

With Stephen and Brigadier General William Maxwell ill, Scott assumed temporary command of the division between May 19 and May 24.

On 26 January 2012, military personnel under the command of the retired officer Colonel Yaura Sasa arrested the commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Brigadier General Francis Agwi.

On January 16, 1996 after about four years in power, Strasser was arrested in a coup by his fellow NPRC soldiers, led by his deputy Brigadier Julis Maada Bio and backed by many high ranking soldiers of the NPRC junta.

* January 28 – United States Army Brigadier General James L. Dozier is rescued by the Italian anti-terrorism Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza ( NOCS ) force after being held captive for 42 days by the Red Brigades.

The Battle of Roanoke Island ( February 7 – 8, 1862 ) was an incident in the Union North Carolina Expedition of January to July 1862, when Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside landed an amphibious force and took Confederate forts on the island.

In January 2010, Brigadier Amir Sultan Tarar, a retired officer with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence ( ISI ) agency who previously trained Omar, said that he was ready to break with his al-Qaida allies in order to make peace in Afghanistan: " The moment he gets control the first target will be the al-Qaida people.

The county was officially organized on January 5, 1833, and is named after Brigadier General Eleazar Wheelock Ripley, a soldier who served with distinction in the War of 1812.

Between December 11, 1862 and January 1, 1863, an engagement at Jackson occurred during Confederate Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest's expedition into West Tennessee.

Brigadier John Dennis Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo CBE ( ; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006 ), informally known as Jack Profumo, was a British politician.

John Selden Roane ( January 8, 1817April 8, 1867 ) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War.

The Red Brigades held Brigadier General Dozier for 42 days until January 28, 1982 when a team of NOCS ( a special operations unit of the Italian police ) successfully carried out his rescue from an apartment in Padua, without firing a shot, capturing the entire terrorist cell.

It had been planned to send the brigade, which had been renamed the 1st Commando Brigade in late 1944, to the Far East ; however, the effect of the German Ardennes Offensive changed that and in January, under the command of Brigadier Derek Mills-Roberts, they were deployed to Asten on the Maas.

As if determined to replay the January 1971 events, Obote once again left the capital after giving orders for the arrest of a leading Acholi commander, Brigadier ( later Lieutenant General ) Bazilio Olara-Okello, who mobilized troops and entered Kampala on July 27, 1985.

Following threats of resignation and pressure from “ very high topside ,” in January 1945 General Arnold ordered General Carl Spaatz in England to appoint Elliott a rated pilot, and the president submitted his son ’ s name to the Senate for promotion to Brigadier General.

He was promoted to Colonel on January 8, 1918, and to Brigadier General on April 15, 1918.

In January 1900, he was appointed Brigadier General in the regular army and was appointed military governor of the Philippines and assumed command of the VIII Corps, replacing General Elwell S. Otis.

Lt. Col. Bristow assumed command of the 8th Kentucky Cavalry in January, 1863 after Col. James M. Shackleford, the previous commander, was promoted Brigadier General.

Then in January 1781, Tarleton's forces were virtually destroyed by American Brigadier General Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens.

On the night of January 7, 1863, Federals from the Ozark garrison reached Springfield and informed the local commander, Brigadier General Egbert Brown, that a Confederate cavalry force, with an estimated strength somewhere between 4, 000 and 6, 000 men, was headed for Springfield.

On January 22, 1822, he was made Brigadier General of the First Brigade of the State Militia, serving concurrently with his role as a member of the state house.

Later in the autumn he replaced Hermann Fegelein as a divisional commander, and was promoted to SS-Oberführer ( Brigadier General ) on 30 January 1944.

On 7 January 1967, Jackson was replaced as Commander 1 ATF by Brigadier Stuart Graham, and he subsequently approved Warr's proposed concept of operations.

On 21 January, during the advance of the 5th Indian Division, Brigadier William " Bill " Slim was wounded by aerial strafing.

It was commanded by four officers, Major General Edwin Morris from formation until 16 December, Brigadier A. E. Lawrence until 29 December, Major General Sir Oliver Leese until 30 January 1941 and then Brigadier H. J. Parham.