Tag Archives: Marine Corps

Jacob Zeilin, USMC

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Chris Kolakowski

The American Battlefield Trust Conference this year was to have featured a tour of mine about the Marine Battalion at the First Battle of Manassas. It has been postponed until 2021. In the meantime, I wanted to share some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Battles, Leadership--Federal, Navies, Personalities | Tagged California, Charleston Harbor, Commadore Mathew Perry, Jacob Zeilin, Marine Corps, Samuel F. DuPont, U.S. Marines, United States Marine Corps, USMC | 1 Comment

The U.S. Marines of 1861

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Chris Kolakowski

Posted in Armies, Battles, Leadership--Federal, Navies | Tagged Battle of Baltimore, Battle of First Manassas, Boxer Rebellion, First Bull Run, John Harris, Marine Barracks Washington, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Hymn, Mexican War, U.S. Marines, United States Marine Corps, USMC, War of 1812, War with Spain | 6 Comments

Civil War Echoes: The Battle of Okinawa

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Chris Kolakowski

Today 74 years ago Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa, got underway as the first of 183,000 soldiers and Marines of U.S. Tenth Army swarmed ashore at Hagushi on the island’s west coast. It was the largest amphibious operation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battles, Ties to the War, Trans-Mississippi | Tagged 17th Infantry, Army of the Potomac, Franklin Buchanan, Jacob Zeilin, Japan, Japanese Army, Marine Corps, Matthew Perry, New York, Okinawa, Pacific War, Romeyn B. Ayres, Sykes' Regular Division, Sykes' U.S. Regulars, U.S. Regulars, United States Regulars, World War II | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Marine Corps

Jacob Zeilin, USMC

The U.S. Marines of 1861

Civil War Echoes: The Battle of Okinawa

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