|
Van Dorn (other) , a historical Confederate flag
{{disambiguation, surname ...
Van Dorn or Van Dorne may refer to: People * Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), Confederate major general * Frans van Dorne (1776–1848), Flemish portrait painter * Martin van Dorne (1736–1808), Flemish still-life painter and poet Other uses * Van Dorn Detective Agency, a fictional agency created by Clive Cussler See also * CSS ''General Earl Van Dorn'', a Confederate naval vessel * Van Dorn Street, another name for Virginia State Route 401, a state highway * Van Dorn battle flag The Van Dorn battle flag is a historical Confederate flag with a red field depicting a white crescent moon in the canton and thirteen white stars; and trimmed with gold cord. In February, 1862, Confederate general Earl Van Dorn ordered that all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Van Dorn
Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820May 7, 1863) started his military career as a United States Army officer but joined Confederate forces in 1861 after the Civil War broke out. He was a major general when he was killed in a private conflict. A great-nephew of Andrew Jackson, he received an appointment to West Point Academy, graduating in 1842. He was notable for fighting with distinction during the Mexican–American War and against several tribes of Native Americans in the West. In the American Civil War, he sided with the Confederacy, fighting in the Western Theater as a major general. He was appointed commander of the Trans-Mississippi District. At the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in early March 1862, he was defeated by a smaller Union force. He had abandoned his supply wagons for the sake of speed, leaving his men under-equipped in cold weather. At the Second Battle of Corinth in October 1862, he was again defeated through a failure of reconnaissance, and was removed from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Van Dorne
Frans van Dorne or François van Dorne (Leuven, baptized on 10 April 1776 – Leuven, 30 November 1848) was a Flemish painter of portraits and religious subjects.François Vandorne at the Netherlands Institute for Art History He is known for his still lifes of fruit and flowers. He trained in Paris with the famous French Neoclassicism, Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David. Van Dorne worked in Paris until 1822, the year in which he returned to his hometown Louvain.Félix Stappaerts, ''François van Dorne'' in: Biographie nationale de Belgique, Volume 6, pp. 134–138 Life Frans van Dorne was the son of Martin van ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Van Dorne
Martin van Dorne or Martinus Vandorne in: Jos. van den Branden en J.G. Frederiks, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde'', 1888–1891 (, baptized on 22 January 1736 – Leuven, 2 May 1808) was a Flemish painter and poet who specialized in still lifes.Martin van Dorne at the Netherlands Institute for Art History He is known for his still lifes of fruit and flowers. He was nominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Dorn Detective Agency
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially-equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages. Word origin and usage Van meaning a type of vehicle arose as a contraction of the word caravan. The earliest records of a van as a vehicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Cussler
Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or lead author of more than 80 books. His novels have inspired various other works of fiction. Early life Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois, the son of Amy Adeline (née Hunnewell) and Eric Edward Cussler, and grew up in Alhambra, California. His mother's ancestors were from England and his father was from Germany. In his memoir '' The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks'', Cussler revealed that his father fought in the Imperial German Army on the Western Front during World War I. Fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSS General Earl Van Dorn
The CSS ''General Earl Van Dorn'', a side-wheel river steamer, was fitted out in early 1862 at New Orleans, Louisiana as a River Defense Fleet "cottonclad" ram. It was named for Confederate general Earl Van Dorn, born and raised in Mississippi. In late March, the ship steamed up the Mississippi River to Memphis, Tennessee, where outfitting was completed. In the naval action off Fort Pillow on May 10, the ''Van Dorn'' attacked a Union mortar boat with gunfire and rammed the ironclad . On June 1, the steamer was used to help cover the Confederate evacuation of Fort Pillow. It retreated to Memphis, where, on June 6 it was the only survivor of the River Defense Fleet's final battle. After escaping to Yazoo City, Mississippi, ''General Earl Van Dorn'' was burned by its Confederate crew on June 26, 1862, to avoid capture by Federal warships. See also *Bibliography of early American naval history Historical accounts for early U.S. naval history now occur across the spectrum of two an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia State Route 401
State Route 401 (SR 401) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Van Dorn Street, the state highway runs from SR 613 at the south city limit of the independent city of Alexandria north to SR 420 within Alexandria. Route description SR 401 begins at the south city limit of Alexandria, which is located on the north side of the underpass of CSX's RF&P Subdivision. Van Dorn Street continues south as SR 613 into Fairfax County toward its interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95)/I-495 (Capital Beltway) and Franconia. SR 401, which heads north as a four-lane divided highway, has an intersection with Eisenhower Avenue, an east–west arterial through the industrial southern edge of Alexandria, and has a trumpet interchange with a connector to Eisenhower Avenue and the Van Dorn Street station on the Washington Metro's Blue Line. There is no ramp from the connector to northbound SR 401. The state highway crosses over Norfolk Southern Railway's Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
