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William Meade Lindsley " Billy " Fiske III ( 4 June 1911 – 17 August 1940 ) was the 1928 and 1932 Olympic champion bobsled driver and, following Jimmy Davies, was one of the first American pilots killed in action in World War II.
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Due to his western successes, Ulysses S. Grant was given command of all Union armies in 1864, and organized the armies of William Tecumseh Sherman, George Meade and others to attack the Confederacy from all directions, increasing the North's advantage in manpower.
They had seven children together ( John Sergeant Meade, Col. George Meade, Margaret Butler Meade, Spencer Meade, Sarah Wise Meade, Henrietta Meade, and William Meade ).
Meade served in the Mexican-American War, assigned to the staffs of Generals Zachary Taylor, William J.
Commanders of the Army of the Potomac, Gouverneur K. Warren, William H. French, George G. Meade, Henry J.
Friedman has been inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame and there is a building named after William and Elizebeth at the NSA complex at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland.
He considered various candidates for command, including George Meade, William B. Franklin, and David Hunter, with the latter two intended for the military division while Sheridan would command the army.
William Meade Fishback ( November 5, 1831February 9, 1903 ) was the 17th Governor of Arkansas and U. S. Senator-Elect for Arkansas.
Brady photographed and made portraits of many senior Union officers in the war, including Ulysses S. Grant, Nathaniel Banks, Don Carlos Buell, Ambrose Burnside, Benjamin Butler, Joshua Chamberlain, George Custer, David Farragut, John Gibbon, Winfield Hancock, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Joseph Hooker, Oliver Howard, David Hunter, John A. Logan, Irvin McDowell, George McClellan, James McPherson, George Meade, Montgomery C. Meigs, David Dixon Porter, William Rosecrans, John Schofield, William Sherman, Daniel Sickles, Henry Warner Slocum, George Stoneman, Edwin V. Sumner, George Thomas, Emory Upton, James Wadsworth, and Lew Wallace.
Among its alumni are two Nobel Laureates ( James Meade and Francis William Aston ), an Olympic Gold medalist ( Arnold Jackson ), and leading politicians.
While he, George G. Meade, Benjamin Butler, Franz Sigel, George Crook, and William W. Averell advanced in Virginia against Robert E. Lee, and Nathaniel Banks attempted to capture Mobile, Alabama, Sherman was assigned the mission of defeating Johnston's army, capturing Atlanta, and striking through Georgia and the Confederate heartland.
In 1864, General Grant assigned himself as direct commander of Meade and the Army of the Potomac, and placed General William Sherman in command of the Western Theatre.
Commanders of the Army of the Potomac, Gouverneur K. Warren, William H. French, George Meade | George G. Meade, Henry J.
William and Lindsley
* Billy Fiske, born William Meade Lindsley Fiske III, American Olympic medal-winner and WWII fighter pilot
William and Billy
He repeated his performance of Billy the pageboy for two subsequent tours, and was so successful that he was called to London to play the role alongside William Gillette, the original Holmes.
In Sabrina, Billy Wilder, unable to secure Cary Grant, chose Bogart for the role of the older, conservative brother who competes with his younger playboy sibling ( William Holden ) for the affection of the Cinderella-like Sabrina ( Audrey Hepburn ).
He has three siblings: two are older, brother William " Billy " Ritchie and sister Carol Ritchie ; and one is younger, sister Jill Ritchie who is an actress.
This was followed in 1813 by the Puffing Billy built by Christopher Blackett and William Hedley for the Wylam Colliery Railway, the first successful locomotive running by adhesion only.
Also, the emergence of William Wolfe ( universally known as Billy ) as a leading figure played a huge role in the SNP defining itself as a left-of-centre and social-democratic party.
Billy McCoy ( William Allen Young ) is an Airman First Class in the United States Air Force stationed at Whiteman AFB near Kansas City who is called into duty during the DEFCON 2 alert.
Back row: Dick Barlow ( umpire ), Tom Hayward, George Hirst, William Gunn ( cricketer ) | Billy Gunn, J. T.
William Joseph " Billy Blaze " Blazkowicz II, a. k. a. " Commander Keen " or " Keen ", is the main character of the games, and the player's alter ego.
In an attempt to create another icon like the teddy bear, U. S. President William Howard Taft was tied to the character Billy Possum.
Russell Clifford Durant ( called " Cliff " by his friends ) was a race car driver, speedboat enthusiast, amateur flier, President of Durant Motors in Oakland, and son of General Motors founder William " Billy " Crapo Durant.
It features an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Keith David and Steve Buscemi.
As with the first marriage, this too produced two children: a daughter Jane ( 1677 – 1702 ); and a son William, " Poor Billy " born June, 1679, who was developmentally delayed.
Screenwritten by Lawrence D. Cohen and directed by Brian De Palma, the film starred Sissy Spacek as Carrie, along with Piper Laurie as Margaret, Amy Irving as Sue, Nancy Allen as Chris, John Travolta as Billy, Betty Buckley as Miss Desjardin a. k. a. Miss Collins, and William Katt as Tommy.
William Stephen " Billy " Wright ( 7 July 1960 – 27 December 1997 ) was a prominent Ulster loyalist during the period of violent ethno-political conflict known as " The Troubles ".
William Stephen " Billy " Wright, named after his grandfather, was born in Wolverhampton, England on 7 July 1960 to David Wright and Sarah McKinley, Protestants from Northern Ireland.
With seven nominations in the category of Best Director, Lean is the third most nominated director in Oscar history, tied with Martin Scorsese and Fred Zinnemann and behind Billy Wilder ( 8 nominations ) and William Wyler ( 12 nominations ).
* William George ' Billy ' Barker, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars ( 1894 – 1930 ), LCOL, 201 Squadron, RAF.
On the day of the 1928 Grand National, before the race had begun, Tipperary Tim's jockey William Dutton heard a friend call out to him: " Billy boy, you'll only win if all the others fall down!
Prominent temperance leaders in the United States included Bishop James Cannon, Jr., James Black, Ernest Cherrington, Neal S. Dow, Mary Hunt, William E. Johnson ( known as " Pussyfoot " Johnson ), Carrie Nation, Howard Hyde Russell, John St. John, Billy Sunday, Father Mathew, Andrew Volstead and Wayne Wheeler.
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