July 31 in U.S. military history
1777: A month after arriving in the United States, the Marquis de Lafayette is commissioned “major general” in the Continental
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July 30 in U.S. military history
1780: A force of 600 militiamen led by Col. Isaac Shelby surrounds Thicketty Fort (South Carolina) and demands that the
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July 28 in U.S. military history
1779: 40 Continental Marines and Massachusetts Militia, including their leader, Marine Capt. John Welsh, are killed in the unsuccessful assault
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July 27 in U.S. military history
1816: After freed slaves serving as Colonial British Marines attack and kill several American sailors stopping to fill their canteens
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July 26 in U.S. military history
1861: Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell’s 35,000-man army departs Washington, D.C., marching to meet Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard’s Confederate force assembled along
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