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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...

during World War II Geography Twiggs County, Georgia Twiggs, West Virginia People with the surname Twiggs: David E. Twiggs (1790–1862), US soldier during...

Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion. The son of Marion Twiggs (daughter of General David E. Twiggs) and West Point graduate and U.S. Army officer, later...

David E. Twiggs surrendered all the American forces (about 4,000 men, including Lee, and commander of the Department of Texas) to the Texans. Twiggs immediately...

Obaisi, Matt Hardy and David Ortiz among others. Henry David Thoreau, famous Transcendental philosopher and author. David E. Twiggs, U.S. Army general who...

David Twiggs was given command of the regiment from COL William S. Harney, and he was lauded for his bravery at the Battle of Monterrey. COL Twiggs commanded...

Romulo Diaz de la Vega.: 264  Scott's leading division, commanded by David E. Twiggs, reached the Cerro Gordo Pass on April 12.: 263  On April 12, Lieutenant...

the right wing of the army. The 2nd Brigade was commanded by Colonel David E. Twiggs and was the left wing. Taylor defeated the Mexican army at the battles...

along the Tacubaya Road,: 313  but Casey was replaced by Major Levi Twiggs. Only Twiggs' division and Bennett Riley's brigade were left on the American right...

United States Army Brevet Maj. Gen. David E. Twiggs surrendered the arsenal peacefully to the secessionists. Twiggs was appointed a major general in the...

2012), 649–71. Bauer, K. Jack, The Mexican–American War, 1846–48 Nevin, David; editor, The Mexican War (1978) Alcaraz, Ramon et al. Apuntes Para la Historia...

garrison—was surrendered in February to state forces by its general, David E. Twiggs, who joined the Confederacy. As Southerners resigned their Senate and...

left, Taylor, with a force of 2,300 men and 400 wagons, placed Col. David E. Twiggs with Lt. Col. James S. McIntosh's 5th Infantry and Maj. Samuel Ringgold's...

to Washington, D.C., in March 1861. In February 1861, Brig. Gen. David E. Twiggs was dismissed from the Army for treason by outgoing U.S. President...

Pedregal during the night so Scott could coordinate a diversion using Twiggs.: 294  Twiggs did so at 5 AM, just as Smith struck Valencia from the rear.: 295 ...

1849, the Army returned to the Caloosahatchee River in 1850. Major David E. Twiggs, then stationed at Fort Brooke (present day-Tampa), gave orders for...

biologist David Tweed, Australian businessman David Tweh (born 1998), Liberian footballer David E. Twiggs (1790–1862), American army officer David Twohill...

are within about 10 names of each other. A recent compilation by John and David Eicher show most historians who have studied the number have concluded that...

governor. He was in the vanguard of the movement inland under Brig. Gen. David E. Twiggs and was severely wounded by grapeshot performing reconnaissance before...

U.S. Volunteers. At the war's end, McCulloch scouted for Maj. Gen. David E. Twiggs, but joined the rush to the California gold fields in 1849. While he...