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In recognition of Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande's leadership skills and bravery displayed in this war, he was honoured with India's second-highest gallantry award, the Mahavir Chakra.

100 Years Ago

The U.S. and South Korea should devote sufficient forces and budget resources to deter a North Korean attack.

SUMMARY John Newton was a Virginia native and a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Born in Norfolk, the son of a long-serving congressman, Newton graduated from West Point and served in the Army Corps of Engineers before commanding a brigade and then a division in the Army of the Potomac. After the disastrous Union defeat at Fredericksburg in December 1862, Newton and fellow general John Cochrane met with United States president Abraham Lincoln in a veiled attempt at see...

regiment – ten companies, commanded by a colonel brigade – four to six regiments, commanded by a brigadier general division – three to four brigades, commanded by a brigadier general or major general corps – several divisions, commanded by a major general army – several corps, commanded by a major general or lieutenant general department – the bureaucratic overseer of armies in the field; Union departments were often, but not always, named for rivers, Confederate departments for sta...