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98th Regiment (other)
98th Regiment may refer to: * 98th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army during the American Civil War * 98th Infantry, a unit of the British Indian Army * 98th Regiment of Foot (other), various units of the British Army See also * 98th Division (other) 98th Division may refer to: * 98th Division (2nd Formation) (People's Republic of China) * 98th Infantry Division (Germany), a unit of the German Army * 98th Paratroopers Division (IDF), a unit of the Israeli Army * 98th Cavalry Division (Soviet U ... * 98 Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ...
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98th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, later the 98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry, was an infantry and mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 98th Illinois Infantry was organized at Centralia, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1862. The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on March 8, 1863 and became an element of "Wilder's Lightning Brigade", a unit that pioneered the use of mounted infantry. As part of that brigade, it performed admirably in the Tullahoma and Chickamauga campaigns. Its superior firepower due to its Spencers was found to allow it to take on an enemy that outnumbered them on several occasions and triumph. Also, the rapidity of movement afforded by their mounts gave them a rapid response ability that could take and maintain the initiative from the rebelsThis combat power prevented much larger Confederate units from crossing a bridge on the first day o ...
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98th Infantry
The 98th Ahir Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It could trace its origins to 1788, when it was raised as the 1st Battalion of the Ellichpur Brigade for the Princely state of Hyderabad. Until 1853, the regiment was part of the Nizam of Hydrabad's Army; then, after the signing of a treaty with the then Governor General of India, the Nizam's Contingent was renamed the Hyderabad Contingent and became part of the regular Indian Army. The regiment fought in the Battle of Mahidpur during the Third Anglo-Maratha War. It then participated in the Siege of Nowah and the later Capture of Nowah. It next took part in the Central India Campaign after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It was sent to China in 1900, as part of the relief force during the Boxer Rebellion. During the First World War, the regiment was part of the Indian Expeditionary Force B for service in British East Africa. After the First World War, the Indian government reformed the army, moving f ...
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98th Regiment Of Foot (other)
Six regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 98th Regiment of Foot: * 98th Regiment of Foot (1761), raised in 1761 *98th Regiment of Foot (1780), raised in 1780 and disbanded in 1787 * 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, raised in 1794 and renumbered as the 91st in 1796 * 98th Regiment of Foot (1804), raised in 1804 and renumbered as the 97th in 1816 * 98th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Tipperary Regiment), raised as the 99th in 1804 and renumbered as the 98th in 1816 *98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot The 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was originally raised in 1824 as the 98th Regiment of Foot, before assuming the title of the 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot in 1876. Later, in 1 ...
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98th Division (other)
98th Division may refer to: * 98th Division (2nd Formation) (People's Republic of China) * 98th Infantry Division (Germany), a unit of the German Army * 98th Paratroopers Division (IDF), a unit of the Israeli Army * 98th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union), a unit of the Red Army * 98th Rifle Division, a unit of the Red Army * 98th Guards Airborne Division, a unit of the Russian Army, the former 98th Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet Red Army * 98th Division (United States), a unit of the United States Army See also

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