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Show LCuriosa 1-curiosaj 1 curiosaj 1curiosajBy - Americana CuriosaAmericana Curiosa " ] - - ' : . < - : . . ; : . By Eimo Elmo Scott WatsonAdmiralGeneral ' Watson 'Vl1tson Vl1tson WatsonAdmiralGeneral0 Admiral-General0 Admiral General0 AdmiralGeneralS Admiral-General Admiral General AdmiralGeneralumrL AdmiralGeneralMUFL - S C\RTERu C RTERu umrL SlUrL MUFL PO\\UATAN PO UATAN POllATAN PO\HATAN HATAN PO\\ PO \ \ llATAN C\TITEIt C TITEIt CtTEtt CTITEItof CtTEttof \ of Tennes Tennessee < ; ee " sas ns the only man nina manIn ninaIn manIn In American hl history tory who ever cyer held heldboth heldboth heldboth both the rank rnnk of reir re'tr retr rear ' admiral admlrnl alnilral ( In Inthe inthe Inthe the brigndier United Unlled Stites St\tes St tes ' \ nivy n'l\Y n'l nl Y niy ' \ and brlgn brlga brlgndler brlgadier dler dier general geJt.rnl geJtrnl gencral ( . [ in n the United Stnte Stntearmy Statearm * arm army } . , . Appointed a midshlpimn mldshlpm\D mldshlpm D mldshipm'tn mldshipmtn ' ' \ In Ini inilS4O In'1840 In1840 ilS4O ' ] 840 , , he ro rose ro'e roe < : ; ' e to the gnde gr'1de gr1de gr'ide gride ' ' of lieu lieuI lieutennnt lieutenant i Itenant lieuItenant [ tennnt In tlie the navy In 183 1835At 1855 1835 1855At ; I At the outbreik outbre'lh outbrelh outhre'ik outhreik ' ' of tlie the Civil wllr war wllrhe warlie warlie he lie was temporarily tr.in trin transferred trinsferred . < ; ferred to tothe tothe tothe the \ War nr department dep'lrtment deplrtment dep'irtment depirtment ' ' to oqanlze organize oqanlzetroop organizetroop organizetroopa ; troop , in hi his hie ; mtlve n'1the n1the nqtie ' st-ite st ite st'lte stlte stite ' - First rIrst rlrst ap isp ap'pointed isp'pointed 'pointed pointed ' ap'pointed appointed ' colonel of or the Second len 'len lenncs 'lennesee ' Icnnessce ncs nesee < : ; ce Volunteers Voluntcers he " was "as as ns commie commis commiscioned comirnscloned ; Ioned cioned < ; a brigadlergeneral brigadier general In lSG2 1S02 1SG2brevetted , brevetted a major general In ISQ,3 ISQ3 1SOS ISQ,3and 1SOSand 1SG5and , and mustered out In 1560lleturning 18GO 18GG 1560 18GOReturning Returning Hcturnlng lleturning to the ' nivy n'l\y n'l nl y nisy \ ' ' ind 'lnd lnd 'md md hn\ln hn ln hatn havingby \ . ; , by this time been becn promoted to tii tiirank the tht ! ] rank of commander , he became a acnptaln acaptain acaptain cnptaln captain In 1870 . , a commodole commodoie In in1878 1878 1578 nnd and in 1881 ISS1 he was pliced p1'lced p1lced pl'icetl plicetl ' ' onthe onthe on Ithe the retired list with the rank ranh . or of orrer ofre'tr ofreir re\r re r re'tr retr ' \ ' admiral ndmlral lie He died in 1501Another 1891 IS)1 IS1 1501 1891Another ! ) Another Ch Civil C1il n war army nrmy officer officerho officerv\ho officerv ho , \ ho had also < ; served erved In tlie the na nay naywas navyi-nas navyi nas , y , "as as was , " - Brevet ' \ AIij 'l\hj 'l l hj MqJ Gen Cen William Nel Nd Nelson Ndson Nelson son ' \ who ssho ho had been ' ' nppolnted 1ppointed 'ippointed ippointed a mil mid midsliipman midslupman ] shipman sliipman the sime s\me s me same ' \ scir 3e'tr 3etr e'1r e1r ' ' thit th'lt thlt th'it ' ' Cm Cutter Cutterliid Cnitcrhid ter terh'ld h'ld hld liid ' nnd and hid h'1d h1d h'sd hsd ' ' risen to the nnk r'1nh r1nh rink ' . ot of otlieutenant oflieutenant oflieutenant lieutenant comnnnder comm'lnder commlnder comminder ' shen \ v hen he "a-l "a a l was "altr'1nsfrred wastr'insferred " vvn-ttrinsferred vvn ttrinsferred - - tr'1nsfrred tr1nsfrred tr'insferred trinsferred ' ' . : ! to tlie the nrm nrmi nrmJ Ho Hoeer Howeverlie , " % c\ c cer \ % er , he lie ne\ ne never neer \ er Ind h'Hl hHl li'id liid ' an opportunity to be become become become come an aD admiral for he hevas hea \\a a \ \vas vas \ as " hllletl Ulleil hllletlI hllletlIn Ulleilin LillcdIn I . 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He lie wail was wailCol wasCol waaCol Col Charles Kitchell Kltchell Gardner and andIf andIf andIf If you look 1001 . in the Historical Heg Iteg HegIster Iteglster Register Ister lster and Dictionary DlctIonarv of the Unltell United UnltellSttes UnitedStites UnitedStitcs St\tes St tes Stites ' \ Army " J ou . will .I1I I1I lll find him himcredited himcredited himcredited credited with being the 'author author ' of ofthe ofthe ofthe the designation dE'signatlon dEsignatlon . ' of compinles comp\nleC comp nleC comp'inIe compinIe ' \ ' ) 'I\y 'I I y M'iy Miy < ' ( Miy22 ' \ ' 22 2 , , 181G IS1G ISIG ) by the fii&t fiit fIl.t fIlt lust & : . letter IE'tter IEtter . ' of the theaJphabcL theaiphabeL thealphabet aJphabcL aiphabeL . " Born in ew esv Jersey , Gardner GardnerW'1S Gardnerv'is Gardnervvis W'1S W1S v'is vis ' ' appointed nn an ensign In the thenrmv thearmy thearmv nrmv army in ] 1808 1803 808 , served as a n ciptnin c'lptaln clptaln ciptain ' ot of otartillery ofartillery ofartillery artillery In theTnr the \ War \\Tnr Tnr \ of 1812 , was wastransferred wastransferred wastransferred transferred to the infantrynd Infantry ' \ " ind \nd nd "md md ad adaneed advanced \ anced aneed to the rank ranh of or nnjor m'ljor mljor m'ijor mijor ' ' nnd and nndthen andthen andthen then colonel He IIe finally final1v reslned resIgned reslnedIn resignedIn . ; In 1818 and died In ISGDAlthough 1S09Although 18C9 ISGD 1S09 18C9Although Although Gardner s scheme for fordesignatIng fordesignating fordesignating designatIng the companies In In Infnntry infantry Infantry fnntry fantry and artillery nrtlllery regiments nnd and nndthe andthe andthe the troops In cn\ cn cavaliy cnally caaliy \ ally regiments regimentsa regimentsnc regimentswas \\a a \ \ nc < ; by letters from A to M , there therehas therehas therehas has never been a Company Comp'lny Complny ' J Inour In Inour Inour our nrm arm3 armv . , The reason Is that , at atthe atthe atthe the time he Invented the system systemthe , , the letters I and J were still fre Ire frequently Irequently frequently quently written exactly e\nctIv e nctIv e'aetlv eaetlv ' \ ' alike nllke To Toaoid ToaoId Toavoid a\oid a oid aoId \ confusion the J was omittedAcrosticurse omitted omittedAcrosticurse AcrosticurseU AcrosticurseNIQUE Acrosticurse UN1QUIJ U NIQUE among the maledictions maledietions maledietionsheaped / heaped upon the head of or Ben Benedict Benedict edict Arnold for his treason during duringthe duringthe the Revolution was an acrostic acrosticpoem acrosticpoem poem , composed by his cousin , a apatriot apatriot patriot . , , and nnd sailor named Oliver Oliver.who Oliverwho , . who vho visited the traitor In En England Englandafter Englandafter land after the war , and nnd was noted for forhis forhis his skill shill at Impromptu verslf versif3 versifyingWhen IDg lag lagW'hen When W'hen ' Arnold asked asl.ed asled . him to amuse amusea a pirty p'1rty p1rty p'irty ' ' ' of ot English IJnglish I1nglish officers with an anexhibition anexhibition exhibition of ot that sLIll shill skill , this was wasthe wasthe the surprising result : B Born orn tor for a cursa curse to virtue and man ma.n- ma.n man- mankindE ma.nkind mankind . - kind kindE , Earth E urth arth s broadcast broadca.st . realm ne'er neer ' knew kneweo eo 80 60 black blL\clc blL clc \ a mInd mIndN mindN mindN N leht ISht ight a s sable veil your crime crimes * cannever cannever can cannever never hideEach hideE hide hideE Each E ach ono one 60 80 so great , 'twould twould .twould ' . glut slut his- his histone his historic . - toric torlc tone tide tideD tideD tideD D etunct efunet your cursed memory wllllIvo willlive will wlll willllvoI lIvo live llvoI lIvoJ liveI J I n a all the Riaro slare glare that infamy canshe cangibe can canCiveC she gibe sheCurses gibeC CiveC Curses C urses or ot of ages age will wili Attend yourname yourname your yournameT name nameT , Traitors T raltors alone alon will & elory &lory lory glory In yourshame yourshame your shame shameA hame hameA Almighty A . 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