Coxey's Army

Examples of Coxey's Army in the following topics:

• Coxey's Army

  • Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey.
  • Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey.
  • Officially named the "Army of the Commonweal in Christ," the march's nickname, "Coxey's Army," came from its leader and was more enduring.
  • It was the first significant popular protest march on Washington, and the expression, "Enough food to feed Coxey's Army" originates from this march.
  • The march's western section received the nickname "Kelly's Army," after California leader "General" Charles T.

• The Allied Drive Toward Berlin

  • In the Allied 6th Army Group area, the US Seventh Army assaulted across the Rhine in the area between Mannheim and Worms on March 26.
  • In the south, while Third Army headed east, the First Army headed northeast and formed the southern pincer of the Ruhr envelopment.
  • Ninth Army (assigned to Montgomery's British 21st Army Group) headed southeast forming the northern pincer, while the rest of 21st Army Group went east and northeast.
  • Army Group made its eastward thrust, General Devers′ 6th U.S.
  • The Black Forest and Baden were overrun by the French First Army. 

• The American Military Forces

  • The Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army in June 1775 and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
  • On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army, raising 22,000 troops from the Boston area and 5,000 from New York.
  • On June 15, 1775, George Washington was elected as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
  • As the Continental Congress increasingly adopted the responsibilities and posture of a legislature for a sovereign state, the role of the Continental Army was the subject of considerable debate.
  • Washington was never financially compensated for his service as Army Commander.

• The Bonus Army

  • The principal demand of the Bonus Army was the immediate cash payment of their certificates.
  • Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, commanded the infantry and cavalry supported by six tanks.
  • The Bonus Army marchers, with their wives and children, were driven out, and their shelters and belongings burned.
  • The Bonus Army incident proved disastrous for Hoover's chances at re-election.
  • Discuss the demands of the Bonus Army marchers and the outcome of their campaign

• The Battle of Fredericksburg

  • McClellan into action, he issued orders to replace McClellan in command of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.
  • Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside.
  • When the Union Army was finally able to build its bridges and cross under fire, urban combat began, and a battle raged in the city December 11–12.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg: The Army of the Potomac crossing the Rappahannock in the morning of December 13, 1862, under the command of Generals Burnside, Sumner, Hooker, and Franklin
  • Due to the Union Army's logistical and bureaucratic delays, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had set up well-fortified positions by the time of Burnside's attack.

• Mobilization and the Development of the West

  • During World War II, more than 60,000 Army nurses (military nurses were all women at the time) served stateside and overseas.
  • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942, which served overseas in North Africa.
  • The WAAC was converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943 and recognized as an official part of the regular Army.
  • Army interface with our Chinese allies.
  • In 1943, the Women's Army Corps recruited a unit of Chinese-American women to serve with the Army Air Forces as "Air WACs. " The first two women to enlist in the unit were Hazel (Toy) Nakashima and Jit Wong.

• The Battle of Chattanooga

  • After winning a series of battles in the Chattanooga Campaign, the Union Army was able to invade the South.
  • In September 1863, the Union Army of the Cumberland, under Major General William S.
  • The chief engineer of the Army of the Cumberland had devised a more reliable supply line to the troops in Chattanooga.
  • The loss caused division within Confederate Army leadership.
  • The city became the supply and logistics base for Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign and the Army of the Cumberland.

• Militia and Army

  • Soldiers in the Continental Army were unpaid volunteers and enlistment periods varied from one to three years.
  • These soldiers would have been a part of the Continental Army rather than militiamen.
  • Blue-coated militiamen in the foreground flee from the volley of gunshots from the red-coated British Army line in the background.
  • These American militias were an important supplement to the Continental Army.
  • General George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775.

• African Americans in the Military

  • African-American soldiers comprised 10 percent of the Union Army, with recruitment beginning following the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
  • Lincoln opposed early efforts to recruit black soldiers, although he accepted the army's using them as paid workers.
  • Union Army setbacks in battles over the summer of 1862 led Lincoln to emancipate all slaves in states at war with the Union.
  • Army during the American Civil War that were composed of African-American ("colored") soldiers.
  • In actual numbers, African-American soldiers comprised 10 percent of the entire Union Army.

• Moving West

  • Transportation was a key issue and the Army (especially the Army Corps of Engineers) was given full responsibility for facilitating navigation on the rivers.
  • Army expeditions up the Missouri River from 1818-25 allowed engineers to improve the technology.
  • For example, the Army's steamboat "Western Engineer" of 1819 combined a very shallow draft with one of the earliest stern wheels.