51st Regiment
51st Regiment or 51st Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 51st Regiment of Foot (other), several units of the British Army * 51st Highland Volunteers, a unit of the British Army * 51st Infantry Regiment (United States) * 51st Armoured Regiment (India) * 51st Coast Artillery Regiment, a unit of the United States Army * 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment * 51st (Highland) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery * 51st (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery * 51st (Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery * 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), a unit of the British Indian Army Union Army (American Civil War): * 51st Illinois Infantry Regiment * 51st Indiana Infantry Regiment * 51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry * 51st New York Volunteer Infantry * 51st Ohio Infantry * 51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment * 51st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment * 51st United States Colored Infantry Regiment See also * 51st Division (disambi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Regiment Of Foot (other)
51st Regiment of Foot may refer to: *51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot, former British Army regiment, 1755-1881 *51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, American Civil War regiment *51st Indiana Infantry Regiment, American Civil War regiment *51st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, British Army regiment, 1881-1968 {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Illinois Infantry Regiment
The 51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 51st Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 24, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on September 25, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 9 officers and 106 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities. Commanders *Colonel Gilbert W. Cumming - resigned on September 30, 1862. *Colonel Luther P. Bradley - promoted brigadier general on July 30, 1864. *Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Davis - discharged June 30, 1865. *Lieutenant Colonel James S. Boyd - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/051-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls See also *List of Illinois Civil War Units *Illinois i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 51st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a United States Volunteers, volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army near the end of the American Civil War. Service The 51st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service between March 20 and April 29, 1865. As the war was nearly over when the unit was formed, the regiment did not participate in any battles. In June 1865, by order of the Secretary of War, the 51st Wisconsin Infantry absorbed the 53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (four companies). The colonel of the regiment was Leonard Martin of Wisconsin, a graduate of the United States Military Academy (Class of May 1861) and a captain in the Regular Army (United States), Regular Army, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 5th United States Artillery. The regiment was mustered out from August 16–August 30, 1865. Casualties Sixteen enlisted men died of disease, for a total of 16 casualties sustained during the uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 51st Pennsylvania Infantry was organized in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and mustered in November 16, 1861 for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel (United States), Colonel John F. Hartranft. The regiment was attached to Reno's Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of North Carolina, to July 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps (Union Army), IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863. Army of the Ohio to June 1863. Army of the Tennessee to August 1863, and Army of the Ohio to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps, to July 1865. The 51st Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out July 27, 1865. Detailed service This regiment was recruited during the s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Ohio Infantry
The 51st Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 51st Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Meigs in Dover, Ohio, on September 17, 1861, mustered for three years of service on October 26, 1861, under the command of Colonel (United States), Colonel Stanley Matthews (judge), Thomas Stanley Matthews. The regiment was recruited in Coshocton County, Ohio, Coshocton, Darke County, Ohio, Darke, Madison County, Ohio, Madison, and Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Tuscarawas counties. The regiment was attached to the 15th Brigade, Army of the Ohio until December 1861 and to the 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio until March 1862. It was unattached in Nashville, Tennessee, until June 1862, when it went to the 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, until July 1862. It was with the 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio until August 1862, the 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio until September 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st New York Volunteer Infantry
The 51st New York Infantry Regiment (or Shepard Rifles) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 51st New York Infantry was organized at New York City, New York (state), New York beginning July 27, 1861 and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 23, 1861 under the command of Colonel (United States), Colonel Edward Ferrero. The regiment was attached to Reno's 2nd Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of North Carolina, to July 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps (Union Army), IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863. Army of the Ohio to June 1863. Army of the Tennessee to August 1863. Army of the Ohio, to September 1863. District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps (Union Army), XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
The 51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was a regiment of infantry that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was assigned to Major General John G. Foster's Department of North Carolina, later designated as the XVIII Corps. While based in New Bern, North Carolina, the 51st Massachusetts took part in several expeditions involving numerous units from Foster's command and were engaged in the Battle of Kinston, the Battle of White Hall and the Battle of Goldsboro Bridge, among other engagements. History The Fifty-first Regiment was organized at Worcester September 25 to October 30, 1862,Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System of the National Park Service
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51st Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 51st Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 51st Indiana Infantry was organized and mustered in at Indianapolis, Indiana, for a three-year enlistment on December 14, 1861, under the command of Colonel (United States), Colonel Abel D. Streight. The regiment was attached to 20th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, II Corps (Union Army), II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps (Union Army), XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XXI Corps (Union Army), XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1863. Streight's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, to May 1863. Prisoners of war until December 1863. Post of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to April 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
The 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 1st Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 and became 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 3 Battalion The Frontier Force Regiment.Condon, Brig WEH. (1962). ''The Frontier Force Regiment'', Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd.North, REFG. (1934). ''The Punjab Frontier Force: A Brief Record of Their Services 1846–1924''. DI Khan: Commercial Steam Press. Early history The regiment was raised on 10 December 1846 at Hoshiarpur as the 1st Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade by Major JS Hodgson. It was composed of Sikhs, Punjabi Muslims, Pathans and Dogras, mostly recruited from the disbanded regiments of the Sikh Empire following the First Anglo-Sikh War. In 1847, it was designated 1st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st Highland Volunteers
The 51st Highland Volunteers (51 HIGHLAND) is a battalion in the British Army's Army Reserve or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands, forming the 7th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 7 SCOTS. It is one of two Reserve battalions in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, along with 52nd Lowland (6 SCOTS), a similar unit located in the Scottish Lowlands. Originally formed as the 51st Highland Volunteers in 1967, as a result of the amalgamation of Territorial Battalions within the infantry Regiments of the Highland Brigade, the name commemorated the 51st (Highland) Division of the Territorial Force, within which many of the Regiment's antecedent Territorial Battalions served during the First and Second World Wars. History Origins and First World War The current Battalion traces its lineage back to the reserve Rifle Volunteer units that were originally raised in the Scottish Highlands as part of the Victorian Volunteer Force by Lord Lieutenants in every ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st (Westmoreland And Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry was a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment of the British Army with its origins in 1798. The regiment provided troops for the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War and served on the Western Front in World War I, latterly as infantry. The regiment converted to artillery in 1920 and served as such in the early years of World War II, before becoming part of the Chindits in Burma. Postwar it served as a gunner regiment until 1971 when the title disappeared. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars After Britain was drawn into the French Revolutionary Wars, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger proposed in 1794 that the counties should form a force of Volunteer Yeoman Cavalry (Yeomanry) that could be called on by the King to defend the country against invasion or by the Lord Lieutenant to subdue any civil disorder within the county. By the end of the year, 27 counties, mainly in the invasion-threatened South and Midlands of England, had raised Yeo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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51st (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
51st (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army from 1922 until 1955. During World War II it served in Norway, The Blitz, North Africa (when detachments defended Crete and Tobruk), and finally in Italy until the end of the war in Europe, by which time a proportion of the regiment's personnel were African soldiers, and the guns were engaging ground targets rather than aircraft. Origin German air raids by Zeppelin airships and Gotha bombers on London and other British cities during World War I had shown the need for strong anti-aircraft (AA) defences in any future war. When the Territorial Army (TA) was reformed in 1922 it included a number of dedicated AA units. The senior of these was 51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA), formed on 12 August 1922 at the Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea, London with 151st, 152nd and 153rd (London) AA Batteries. On 8 February 1923 it was transferred to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |