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47th Infantry Regiment (Austria-Hungary)
47th regiment may refer to: *47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, a British Army infantry regiment *47th Regiment Royal Artillery, a British Army artillery regiment *47th (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment, a British Army armoured regiment *47th Sikhs, a British Indian Army regiment *47th Palma Light Infantry Regiment, a Spanish Army infantry regiment *47th Infantry Regiment (United States), a US Army regiment ; American Civil War * 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment *47th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment *47th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment *47th Indiana Infantry Regiment *47th United States Colored Infantry Regiment *47th Missouri Volunteer Infantry *47th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry *47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment *47th New York Volunteer Infantry *47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment *47th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted) * 47th Virginia Infantry *47th Georgia Volunteer Infantry The 47th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th (Lancashire) Regiment Of Foot
The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Scotland in 1741. It served in North America during the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War and also fought during the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) to form the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) in 1881. History Formation and early service The regiment was raised in Scotland by Colonel Sir John Mordaunt as Sir John Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot in 1741. In 1743, Peregrine Lascelles was appointed Colonel and until May 1745, the regiment was employed building a military road near Loch Lomond, part of a new route from Dumbarton to Inverary. In July, Charles Stuart landed in Scotland to launch the 1745 Rising and two companies of Lascelles garrisoned Edinburgh Castle. The remaining eight companies fought at the Battle of Prestonpans in September, when the government ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
The 47th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was a U.S.C.T. infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized from the 8th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent) in March 1864. Commanded by Colonel Hiram Scofield, it fought in Mississippi and Florida, including at the Battle of Fort Blakely in April 1865. The regiment was mustered out on January 5, 1866. During the war it lost one officer and thirty enlisted men either killed or mortally wounded and three officers and 398 enlisted men by disease, for a total of 432. See also *List of United States Colored Troops Civil War units Infantry * 1st Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops * 2nd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops * 3rd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops * 4th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops * 5th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops – Former ... Sources Lest We Forget website page United States Colored Troops Civil War units and formations Military units and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted)
The 47th Arkansas Infantry (Mounted) (1864–1865) was a Confederate Army Mounted Infantry regiment during the American Civil War. While authorized by the State Military Board as an infantry regiment, the unit was mounted for Price's Missouri Expedition and was officially designated as mounted infantry. Due to its mounted status, the unit is sometimes referred to as the 47th Arkansas Cavalry when a numerical designation is used. The unit is most often referred to as Crandell's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, after its commander Colonel Lee Crandell. Organization In May 1864 General J. O. Shelby occupied Northeast Arkansas, well behind Union Army lines. In early June 1864, General Shelby commissioned Colonel Thomas Hamilton McCray, among others, to begin raising regiments in Northeast Arkansas. By June 13 Shelby reported to General Sterling Price that McCray's efforts were bearing fruit. McCray's efforts led to the recruitment of at least three new regiments, the 45th, 46th and 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
The 47th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry was an infantry regiment from Tennessee that served with the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. Notable battles the regiment was involved in include Shiloh. See also *List of Tennessee Confederate Civil War units This is a list of Tennessee Confederate Civil War units. The list of Tennessee Union Civil War units is shown separately. Infantry * 1st (Maney's/Field's) Tennessee Infantry ** Rock City Guards (Companies A, B and C) * 1st (Turney's) Tennesse ... References {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Tennessee Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 1865 disestablishments in Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th New York Volunteer Infantry
The 47th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 47th New York Infantry was organized at New York City, New York and mustered in for three years service on September 14, 1861, under the command of Colonel Henry Moore. The regiment was attached to Viele's 1st Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of the South, to July 1862. District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, X Corps, Department of the South, to April 1863. Ossabaw Sound and Folly Island, South Carolina, to July 1863. Folly Island, South Carolina, X Corps, to August 1863. 5th Brigade, Morris Island, South Carolina, X Corps, to October 1863. Unattached, Folly Island, South Carolina, to November 1863. District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, to December 1863. Barton's Brigade, District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, to February 1864. Barton's Brigade, District of Florida, February 1864. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Formed by adults and teenagers from small towns and larger metropolitan areas of Pennsylvania, this regiment was composed primarily of men of German heritage, and was ultimately known as the 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers due to the length of service by the majority of men on its rosters. Many of their family and friends still spoke German or its Pennsylvania Dutch variant in their homes and churches more than a hundred years after their forebears emigrated from Germany in search of religious or political freedom. Other members of this regiment traced their roots to Ireland; at least two had emigrated from Cuba; several were formerly enslaved men who had escaped or been liberated from plantations or other Confederate-held areas of the Deep South. Roughly seventy percent of those who served with the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry were reside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry
The 47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Nelson and Irvine, Kentucky, mustered in for one year in January 1864 under the command of Colonel Andrew H. Clark. The regiment was attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to January 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, to April 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, XXIII Corps, to July 1864. Camp Nelson, Kentucky, District and Department of Kentucky to April 1865. Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H of the 47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry mustered out of service at Lexington, Kentucky, on December 26, 1864; Companies I and K mustered out of service on April 12, 1865. It performed scouting and patrol duty in eastern Kentucky until June 1864. It eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
The 47th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 47th Missouri Infantry Regiment was recruited in Missouri and organized in August and September 1864. It was attached to the District of St. Louis until December 1864. On September 19, 1864, a detachment of the regiment along with soldiers from the 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry Regiment (Union) under the command of First Lieutenant Erich Pape, captured the town of Doniphan, Missouri, and burned most of it, including the court house, to the ground. This was allegedly done in retaliation for pro- Confederate guerrilla activity in Ripley County. The Union horse soldiers then retreated, burning farm houses and barns as they went. Confederate cavalry under Gen. Joseph Shelby caught up with them the next morning at Ponder's Mill, in Butler County and killed four, wounded four and captured six. Shelby's men suffered two dead and five wounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 47th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 47th Indiana Infantry was organized at Anderson and Logansport, Indiana November 2 through December 13, 1861, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel James Richard Slack. The regiment was attached to 19th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to February 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to July 1863. Helena, Arkansas, District of Eastern Arkansas, Department of the Missouri, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Department of the Tennessee, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February 1863. 1st Brigade, 13th Division, XIII Corps, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 12th Division, XIII Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Regiment Royal Artillery
47 Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It is equipped with the Thales Watchkeeper WK450. It is located at Horne Barracks, Larkhill in Wiltshire. It falls under command of 1st Aviation Brigade. History The regiment was formed in 1947 when 4th Coast Training Regiment Royal Artillery was renamed 47 Coast Training Regiment Royal Artillery. It was reformed as 47 Guided Weapons Regiment Royal Artillery and equipped with the Corporal missile in 1957. In 1965 it was renamed 47 Light Regiment Royal Artillery and equipped with the 105mm Pack Howitzer and then deployed to Aden in 1967. It saw service in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in 1973 and 1975. In 1976 it became 47 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, initially equipped with the 105mm light gun, before moving on to the Abbott self-propelled gun in 1981. 21 Battery and elements of 43 Battery deployed to the South Atlantic during the Falklands War in 1982. 3 Battery, 31 Battery and elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 47th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days. Service The 47th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for one-hundred days Federal service on June 4, 1864, as part of a plan to raise short term regiments for service as rear area garrison duty to release veteran troops for Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. The 47th Iowa garrisoned strategic points in the District of Arkansas. The regiment was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ..., on September 28, 1864. Total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 47th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 47th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on February 27, 1865, arriving at Louisville, Kentucky, on February 28. They then travelled to Nashville, then Tullahoma, Tennessee, at the junction of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. They remained here on guard duty until August, when they returned to Nashville where they were mustered out. The regiment returned to Madison, Wisconsin, on September 4, 1865, where they were paid and disbanded. Casualties The 47th Wisconsin suffered 39 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 39 fatalitie Commanders * Colonel (United States), Colonel George Clay Ginty Notable people * Nels Anderson, 1st Lt. of Co. D, later a Wisconsin state legislator. * Charles H. Baxter, Captain of Co. K, later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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