Charles Henry Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731] â 2 October 1782) served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War. He sold his commission after the Seven Years War and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II.
Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 â September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson’s first term from 1801 to 1805. Burr’s legacy is defined by his famous personal conflict with Alexander Hamilton that culminated in Burr killing Hamilton in the famous BurrâHamilton duel in 1804.
James Ewell Brown âJEBâ Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations. While he cultivated a cavalier image (red-lined gray cape, the regular yellow waist sash of a confederate general, hat cocked to the side with an ostrich plume, red flower in his lapel, often sporting cologne), his serious work made him the trusted eyes and ears of Robert E. Lee’s army and inspired Southern morale.
William Dorsey Pender (February 6, 1834 â July 18, 1863) was a General in the Confederacy in the American Civil War serving as a Brigade and Divisional commander. Promoted to brigadier on the battlefield at Seven Pines by Confederate President Jefferson Davis in person, he fought in the Seven Days Battles and at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, being wounded in each of these engagements. Lee rated him as one of the most promising of his commanders, promoting him to major general at twenty-nine. Pender was mortally wounded on the second day of Gettysburg.
Anton Herman Gerard “Anthony” Fokker (6 April 1890 â 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer. He is most famous for the fighter aircraft he produced in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and 1959 to June 12, 1960. While on active duty with the 1st Motion Picture Unit and the 18th Army Air Forces Base Unit, Captain Reagan served as Personnel Officer, Post Adjutant, and Executive Officer. By the end of the war, his units had produced some 400 training films for the Army Air Forces. Reagan’s Reserve Commission automatically terminated on April 1, 1953. However, he became Commander-in-Chief of all U.S. Armed Forces when he became President on January 20, 1981.
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