Sentence examples for brigadier general for from inspiring English sources

Hartwell recovered, and he was brevetted a brigadier general for gallantry on the field.

In many speeches she mentions an incident last year when Boxer chastised an Army brigadier general for calling her "Ma'am," saying she preferred "Senator".

His military career for the next eight years was uneventful, but in August 1799 he was sent to defend the Little St. Bernard Pass in southeastern France and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general for distinguished service.

Mr. Sarnoff, who held the Army Reserve rank of brigadier general for service in World War II, had been ill for several years with complications of a mastoid infection.

The Army made no announcement withdrawing his name, but on Friday the Army's chief of staff, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, appointed another two-star general to take over the position, which has been filled temporarily by a brigadier general for nearly eight months.

SAN FRANCISCO — During her 18 years in the Senate, Barbara Boxer has earned a reputation for being unafraid to confront colleagues, conservatives or even the United States Army Corps of Engineers, as she did last year when she chided a brigadier general for calling her "ma'am" during testimony instead of "Senator".

Thomas Jefferson appointed Clark brigadier general of militia for the Louisiana (later Missouri) Territory and a federal Indian agent for western tribes.

He was promoted to colonel, Regular Army, while stationed with the 7th Cavalry on June 2, 1897 and on May 4, 1898, he was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers for the duration of the Spanish-American War.

The cartel is named after solar badges used by generals in the Venezuelan military — one sun for brigadier general, two for a division general, and three for a general in chief.

Under the command of Colonel (later Brigadier General) Moses Hazen for its entire existence, the regiment was originally populated by volunteers and refugees from Quebec who supported the rebel cause during the disastrous Invasion of Canada.

Opposing sides of this closed-end question will invariably stand their ground with the intensity of a relatively unknown brigadier general fighting for the Confederacy at Bull Run in 1861 named Thomas Jackson, who would be given the name "Stonewall" after his demonstration of valor.