| Show 11 E Z U UI UIS S ARTILLERY UNIT OF 1794 1104 J I I Famous 3rd Regiment Has Long List of Laurels SAN Calif Aug Au 2 u as a the th Third Coast Artillery the th Third Regiment Rei ot oC historically famous fight fight- log Inc unit of ot the th United States armY arm first saw taw service July l I 1794 1794 7 4 recently reopened Its It history at t rort lIIa MacArthur Arthur near nar here her Un- Un UDder un under der dor the command of MJ Maj George Georg Geor Jr Battle Batti ribbons ribbon won on on home and foreign fields during durine th the last 13 H ears fluttered front from the color standards as IlS The Fighting n Third I I was wa ceremoniously reconstituted atthe at r the tort fort The Third Regiment Regimen of ot Artillery came Into being Ing the Revolutionary war It was wa recruit recruit- r recruited recruited ed the teran of ot that thet war for lor serIco ser Ico against the Indians In Inthe inthe Inthe the conquest of o the th West J Jc c WATt WAR It first became becam prominent among units on Feb 23 22 1847 at the th Battle Batti of ot Buena Bueno VIta Vista Vl t Gen Gen- General Gen General eral Santa Ana commanding the J fe forces had swept all American resistance before hina Without Infantry to support him and at th the expense of t losing hl his 0 oan n guns run Captain Bragg thi commandIng The Th fighting Third brought his hi troops troop Into action witha with a L withering charge chare of ot canister The ThA 1 tartt charge halted the Mexican d ance The smoke from the th uc eec eec- ond BC-ond ond and third cleared away with the th MexIcans Mexican In rout Thus the regiment won Its mot mot mot- to Saied Saed the Day Doy WitS was conferred upon It b b General ZaI Zat ary Taylor following the th engage engage- engagement ment WAR WAn OP OF 1812 1 12 Through the thear ar Var ar ot of o 1812 and In iii Inthe tIme the Florida peninsula campaigns the regiment served the th colo colors creditably In the th California cam cam- campaigne com cam campaign It s 's was as present at Monterey Montery era Cruz Cerro Gordo Duer Isto Ista and the final engagement at Molino del dl Rey ney It was pres pres- present pre present ent nhen ahen hen the opening gun fun ot of the tsar Ar was tired fired at Palo Alto 1 May lay 8 1141 1848 and took tool part In all ma- ma major major ma major jor engagements On Dec Dc 21 1 1863 1853 the fl batteries of the Third Artillery embarked from the east enst coast for station nation In Ia la Cape Horn aboard the steam San Francisco Of Ot th souls fouls aboard were wre men m n ot of the Third On the th day before Christmas the San Francisco struck a nor wetter waster that completely die dis disabled her and during which 1 ITi I-fl n men ere ver ere lost overboard A weel week week- later later assistance was wall rendered th the derelict by bv the American ships 11 1 by by and Three Thre Bolls Boils and t the e e BrIt BrIt- Brit British ish Isit sloop of war Antarctic The latter tessel carried 1 HZ survivors to Liverpool the th tint first American troops to land In England Ingland n Th 1 CIVIL WR W VAR R After Atter a tears car 9 trial til and tunes tunes tuns the tho Third was wa again aln assem I bied led and ai al rh rived ed In California where shere It was actively engaged ensured In marching and scouting until the tho outbreak of the th Civil war when Its history was marked with distinction tion It served at the th memorable cap cap- capture cap capture ture Cure of ot Manila P L I 1 durIng th the American Spanish American war sam and was broken up Into separate companies In 1901 to form torm the th artillery corps corpo ot of the th arm army Parts of ot th the famous Third saw aw action on all the th front ot of France Franc during th WorM World We rid ar aar |
