Examples of 'commanded a brigade' in a sentence

Meaning of "commanded a brigade"

Commanded a brigade means that a person held a position of leadership or authority over a military unit called a brigade. It suggests that the person was responsible for overseeing and directing the operations and activities of a brigade, which is a formation consisting of several regiments or battalions

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commanded a brigade
He commanded a brigade of veteran infantry in many of these operations.
He had once commanded a brigade.
He commanded a brigade of armored infantry.
At one point during this battle Govan temporarily commanded a brigade.
He later commanded a brigade of infantry.
During the early stages of the war, Ross commanded a brigade.
Powell commanded a brigade.
By 1777 he had been appointed a local brigadier general and commanded a brigade.
He commanded a brigade.
During his last tour, he commanded a brigade in Baghdad.
He commanded a brigade of infantry in the fight against the Commune.
Promoted to colonel, he commanded a brigade at Prairie Grove.
Wood commanded a brigade in the Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns at the beginning of the war.
Promoted to the regiment 's colonelcy, Clark commanded a brigade at the Battle of Pea Ridge.
He commanded a brigade in the division of Alfred Pleasonton.
Following the battle he commanded a brigade in the Washington defenses.
He commanded a brigade at the Siege of Corinth and a division at Perryville.
At the time a Major-General commanded a brigade and a Lieutenant-General commanded a division.
He commanded a brigade in the Irish Republican Army.
Promoted to colonel, he commanded a brigade at the Battle of Prairie Grove.
He commanded a brigade under Zachary Taylor in northern Mexico.
It is likely that he commanded a brigade at the Battle of Ocaña in November 1809.
He commanded a brigade under Lew Wallace in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh.
In 1848 Saint Arnaud commanded a brigade during the revolution in Paris.
He commanded a brigade of General Vegas.
Steinmetz commanded a brigade in the Waterloo campaign.
He commanded a brigade in the campaigns of Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Atlanta.
He temporarily commanded a brigade during the Battle of Antietam in September of that year.
He commanded a brigade in Wurmser 's first relief of the Siege of Mantua in early August.
Cockrell commanded a brigade in the Vicksburg Campaign.
He commanded a brigade of Bowen's Division in the Siege of Vicksburg.
In Egypt, he commanded a brigade in Kléber 's division at the Battle of the Pyramids.
He commanded a brigade in the Irish Republican Army . But you knew that.
After recovering . he commanded a brigade under General Braxton Bragg in the Kentucky Campaign.
He commanded a brigade in the corps of Von Wartensleben, in the army of Archduke Charles.
Col. Rains commanded a brigade in Stevenson 's division.
He commanded a brigade of Dragoons at the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet.
He briefly commanded a brigade before taking command of the 8th Division, XVI Corps.
He later commanded a brigade of light troops in the Walcheren Campaign.
Beall then commanded a brigade of troops from Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
In 1809 he commanded a brigade during the Invasion of Martinique.
In 1795 he commanded a brigade of the Army of the Rhine and Moselle.
Chrysler commanded a brigade in Thomas John Lucas 's division during the final campaign against Mobile in 1865.

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