Marion Twiggs (daughter of General David E. Twiggs) and West Point graduate and U.S. Army officer, later Confederate Quartermaster General Abraham Myers, John...
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senior Twiggs was the namesake for Twiggs County, Georgia. He was the nephew, through his mother, of David Emanuel, Governor of Georgia. Twiggs volunteered...
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David Emanuel Twiggs. Another son was USMC Major Levi Twiggs. A great-grandson of General John Twiggs was USMC Major General John Twiggs Myers holder of the...
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Los Angeles politician John T. Myers (congressman) (1927–2015), United States Representative from Indiana John Twiggs Myers (1871–1952), United States...
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February 1850, Major General David E. Twiggs named Fort Myers for his future son-in-law; Myers married Marion Twiggs before 1861. After accepting the rank...
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brevet promotion in 1814, and John Twiggs Myers, who died in 1952, was the last surviving recipient. In 1921, Commandant John A. Lejeune requested that a...
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complete possession of the navy yard. Watson then ordered Marine Captain John Twiggs Myers ashore with 100 Marines to secure the navy yard. When the Marines...
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General Myers may refer to: John Twiggs Myers (1871–1952), U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general Richard Myers (born 1942), U.S. Air Force four-star general...
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garrison is US Marine Major Matt Lewis, loosely based on the real Major John Twiggs Myers, an experienced China hand who knows local conditions well. A love...
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recruits who had not seen combat, under the command of Second Lieutenant John Twiggs Myers) were shooting accurately enough to cause Glass to smile pleasantly...
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"The men all feel they are in a trap", said the US commander Capt. John Twiggs Myers, "and simply await the hour of execution". On 30 June, the Chinese...
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original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-07-03. "Brigadier General John Twiggs Myers, USMC". Who's Who in Marine Corps History. History Division, United...
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in World War I to be promoted on the retired list, and Lejeune and John Twiggs Myers were advanced to lieutenant general. Lejeune died on November 20,...
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Ben H. Fuller, (30 Jul 1925–7 Dec 1925) Lieutenant General (USMC) John Twiggs Myers, (8 Dec 1925–24 Jan 1928) Presley M. Rixey Jr., (25 Jan 1928–22 Feb...
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The Wind and the Lion (category Films directed by John Milius)
as the Bashaw of Tangier Steve Kanaly as Captain Jerome (based on John Twiggs Myers) Roy Jenson as Admiral French Ensor Chadwick Nadim Sawalha as the...
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to seven, manned by several Marine companies, commanded by Major John Twiggs Myers. At the time, the gathering was the most numerous of American ships...
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by the Boxers at Beijing. Arriving Tianjin on May 22. As Captains John Twiggs Myers and Newt Hall, USMC – under the command of Captain Bowman H. McCalla...
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Eberle Class of 1885". United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 2017-05-16. "John A. Lejeune Class of 1888". United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 2017-05-12...
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John Myers (died 1972) was a British dentist and spiritualist medium. Myers worked as a dentist in London and took up spirit photography in the 1930s...
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was attached to the First Marine Brigade under Brigadier General John Twiggs Myers and sailed for Haiti in order to support government forces against...
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John Philip Sousa, USNR – Legendary band leader. United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Dennis McCarthy, USMC Lieutenant General John Twiggs Myers...
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letter from a descendant of David Emanuel's sister Ruth Emanuel Twiggs, Judge H.D.D. Twiggs of Savannah, who stated, "I do not know where Governor David...
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November 16, 1918, and appointed post adjutant to Brigadier General John Twiggs Myers. Harrington remained in Peking, China, until June 1916, when he was...
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attached to the First Brigade of Marines under Brigadier General John Twiggs Myers and sailed for Haiti. He spent next year in Port-au-Prince and later...
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scientific community. Myers was born on 6 February 1843 at St John's parsonage, Keswick, Cumberland, the son of Revd Frederic Myers (1811–1851) and his...
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United States Army Brevet Maj. Gen. David E. Twiggs surrendered the arsenal peacefully to the secessionists. Twiggs was appointed a major general in the Confederate...
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Train – Capts. George H. Crosman & Abraham C. Myers 2nd Brigade "Right Wing" – Colonel David E. Twiggs 5th Infantry – Lt. Col. James S. McIntosh Battery...
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69,426 414 LaGrange, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area Turner 9,006 286 Twiggs 8,022 360 Macon, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area Union 24,632 323 Upson...
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Sophie Elizabeth Lister S. J. Rozan – Shira Judith Rozan S. L. Twiggs – Sarah Lowe Twiggs S. M. I. Henry – Sarepta Myrenda Irish Henry S. M. Perkins – Sarah...
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Emma Kimberley Twigg MNZM (born 1 March 1987) is a New Zealand rower. A single sculler, she was the 2014 world champion and won gold in her fourth Olympics...
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