Sentence examples for appointed brigadier from inspiring English sources

He was appointed brigadier general in 1800.

In March 1777 he was appointed brigadier general.

Chiarelli appointed Brigadier General Thomas Maffey, from the Fourth Infantry Division, to investigate Steele.

With the outbreak of the Civil War (1861), he was appointed brigadier general by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Its officers nonetheless remained army officers: Alfred Ellet was appointed brigadier general and commander of the brigade.

In June 1775 he was appointed brigadier general in the Continental Army and aided in the siege of Boston.

Acting as commander-in-chief of the territory, Mason appointed Brigadier-General Joseph W. Brown of the Third U.S. Brigade to head the state militia, with the instructions to be ready to act against Ohio trespassers.

Britain is to appoint Brigadier Rob Nitsch of the joint support force in Kabul – the head of logistics for UK forces in Afghanistan – to "work closely" with the US general.

I signed an #ExecutiveOrder appointing Brigadier General Kenneth Hara, the Deputy Adjutant General, to oversee the comprehensive review of the state's emergency management enterprise.

In the 1920s the public flaunting of Prohibition laws, mob violence, and police involvement in illegal activities led Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick to appoint Brigadier General Smedley Butler of the U.S. Marine Corps as director of public safety.

Instead of the new "consensus" prime minister called for under the roadmap, he has simply re-appointed Brigadier-General Camille Vital, who has held the position since December 2009.