Cold War Archives – Page 3 of 7

February 1 in U.S. military history

1800: The frigate USS Constellation (the first of four so-named American warships) under the command of Capt. Thomas Truxtun defeats

1787: Former Continental Army captain Daniel Shays leads a group of 2,000 American rebels on a raid against the Springfield

1847: Col. Sterling Price (future major general in the Confederate Army) learns a force of nearly 2,000 Mexicans and Pueblo Indians

1870: Following the murder of a Montana rancher and his son, Col. Eugene Baker forms a band of infantry and

1903: The Militia Act of 1903 – also known as the “Dick Act” (Congressman and Maj. Gen. Charles Dick authored