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  Definition of Army of Georgia
The Army of Georgia was a Union army that constituted the Left Wing of William T. Sherman's Army Group during the March to the Sea and the Carolinas campaign.
During Sherman's campaign against Atlanta in 1864 his Army Group was composed of the Army of the Tennessee, the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Ohio.
The army was involved in little fighting during the March to the Sea but was engaged in the Battle of Averasborough and bore the brunt of fighting at the Battle of Bentonville.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Army_of_Georgia   (244 words)

  
 Army Of Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Fourteenth and Twentieth Army Corps on the march to the sea and through the Carolinas (November 1864- April 1865) were so known.
He fought with the armies of the Potomac and of Virginia, and was sent by Major-General Meade to command the army on the first day of Gettysburg.
In the Atlanta campaign, he was in command of the Twentieth Corps and during the march to the sea and the Georgia and Carolina campaigns, he was at the head of the Army of Georgia, which formed the left wing of General Sherman's army.
www.civilwarhome.com /armyofgeorgia.htm   (317 words)

  
 Republic of Georgia
Georgia occupies an area of about 70 000 sq km (population 5,5 million) and is thus twice the size of Belgium and nearly twice as large as Switzerland.
The eleventh and twelfth centuries were a Golden Age for Georgia and the medieval monarchy reached its height under the reign of the King David the Builder’s (1089-1125) great-granddaughter, Queen Tamar (1184-1212).
Georgia was struck by a major earthquake in 1991, which caused extensive loss of life and output.
www.angelfire.com /ga/georgian/history.html   (6867 words)

  
 The History of Georgia
As a consequence of constant invasions, economic decline and feudal strife, Georgia began to disintegrate, and by the end of the 15th century three independent kingdoms of Kakheti, Kartli, and Imereti, and the principality of Samtskhe emerged on its territory.
The annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire put an end to the independent existence of the Georgian Kingdoms and principalities and Georgia lost her age-old statehood.
Georgia had to pass through the ordeal of industrialization and collectivization, suffering severely during the depressions of the 1930s.
members.tripod.com /ggdavid/georgia/history.htm   (4474 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Salvation Army
Catherine Booth, known as the "Mother of the Salvation Army," defended the right of women to preach and fought against the exploitation of women and children.
Within the army she consolidated the principle that women have absolute equality with men in privilege, position, and dignity, and she earned the sympathy of the upper classes for the social movement of the organization.
The army has also established in Atlanta a Harbor Light Center (a residential substance-abuse recovery center), a housing complex for senior citizens, and an adult rehabilitation center, as well as a camp in Jasper.
www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1648   (659 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Nellie Peters Black (1851-1919)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Working with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, she toured each of the state's congressional districts, encouraging farmers to diversify their crops and decrease their dependence upon cotton revenues and imported foodstuffs.
Black also served as president of the Conference of Southern Women, director of the School Garden Army of Georgia, and honorary chair of the Georgia Division of the Women's Council of National Defense.
A project of the Georgia Humanities Council, in partnership with the University of Georgia Press, the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, the Office of the Governor, and the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2916   (720 words)

  
 Republic of Georgia: 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Georgia and Armenia have both accrued large international debts that are difficult to repay due to stagnant economies, poor tax collection, and corruption.
The valleys of western Georgia are warmer than eastern Georgia with subtropical climate found along parts of the Black Sea coastline, particularly in the contested (and dangerous) autonomous region of Abkhazia, which used to be a tourist center during Soviet times.
The road west from Tbilisi is lined to the south by the range of mountains known as the lesser Caucasus and on the north by the greater Caucasus.
troi.cc.rochester.edu /~mchs/Georgia2.htm   (1651 words)

  
 Georgia Army
Most weapons obtained by the various armed units operating in Georgia after 1990 apparently were purchased illegally from Soviet (and later Russian) officers and soldiers stationed in the Caucasus.
According to this plan, Georgia was to receive 220 tanks, 220 armored vehicles, 300 artillery pieces, 100 military aircraft, and fifty attack helicopters.
Georgia had succeeded, with assistance of the United States, Turkey, and other allies, in transforming the paramilitary National Guard into a trained, disciplined, and well-equipped fighting force qualified for NATO membership.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/georgia/army.htm   (617 words)

  
 Red Army invasion of Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Moscow, relations with Georgia deteriorated over alleged violations of the peace treaty, re-arrests of Georgian Bolsheviks, obstruction of the passage of convoys passing through to Armenia, and a suspicion that Georgia was aiding armed rebels in the North Caucasus.
The British Mark V tanks acquired by the Red Army in the course of the Civil War and Foreign Intervention contributed to the Soviet victory in the battle for Tbilisi.
The Turkish occupation of Georgia’s territories implied the near certainty of a Soviet-Turkish confrontation and the Georgians repeatedly refused to capitulate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Georgia   (4317 words)

  
 CNN.com - Army defends handling of slain soldier's case - Nov. 14, 2003
A U.S. Army official is defending the military's actions following the disappearance of a soldier who was declared AWOL but later found slain -- allegedly by fellow servicemen.
Salazar said normal Army procedure calls for a soldier to be listed as AWOL 48 hours after failing to report for duty.
Army regulations also call for an AWOL soldier to be dropped from the roles and reclassified as a deserter after 30 days, as was done in Davis' case.
www.cnn.com /2003/US/South/11/14/georgia.soldier   (704 words)

  
 KARTULI IDEA - THE GEORGIAN IDEA
The Republic of Georgia occupies the center and the west of the Transcaucasus.
On February 21, 1921 the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Georgia was adopted by the Parliament.
In March, 1992 - November, 2003 the Republic of Georgia was ruled by the dictatorial regime of E. Shevardnadze, former KGB General and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Soviet empire, main organizer of the military coup d'etat of December-January, 1991-1992.
www.geocities.com /levan_urushadze_98/Georgia.html   (3791 words)

  
 Army of Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Army of Georgia was a Union army that constituted the Left Wing of Major General William T. Sherman's Army Group during the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign.
During Sherman's Atlanta Campaign in 1864, his Army Group was composed of the Army of the Tennessee, the Army of the Cumberland, and the Army of the Ohio.
The Army of Georgia was involved in little fighting during the March to the Sea but was engaged in the Battle of Averasborough and bore the brunt of fighting at the Battle of Bentonville.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_of_Georgia   (267 words)

  
 Georgia National Guard
Georgia's Army Guard is the thirteenth largest in the nation and is made up of combat, combat support and combat service support units.
Over 60 percent of Georgia Army National Guard forces are high priority units and would be among the first to deploy during a national crisis.
Members of Georgia's 4th Military Support Detachment began training for their mission to assist local, state and federal civil authorities in the event of a domestic terrorist incident involving weapons of mass destruction.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/arng-ga.htm   (287 words)

  
 Oil fuels US army role in Georgia | International | The Observer
Washington and Tbilisi have said Georgia is under threat from 'terrorists' in the Pankisi Gorge on the border with war-torn Chechnya.
The Georgian army has had to dig new trenches at the range by hand as the Russians removed the plans explaining the complicated wiring system that runs under the base.
The Georgian army needs to be able to defend itself before it can tackle the terrorists who the Pentagon says live on its borders.
www.observer.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,714160,00.html   (802 words)

  
 Moore
From November 1864 to June 1865 Moore was successively medical director of the Army of Georgia and Tennessee and of General Sherman's army in southern Georgia.
On January 17, 1887, the Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark., was opened with sixteen beds for officers and sixty-four for enlisted men.
The provision of Army Regulations, revised July 15, 1885, in regard to the sanitary report directed its transmission to the War Department by post commanders.
history.amedd.army.mil /tsgs/Moore.htm   (1446 words)

  
 Fort Gordon Environmental Cleanup Features Performance-Based Contract
By mid-2002, the Army was observing at least a 14 percent overall savings at the BRAC sites and pilot active installations, according to Maj. Paul Olsen, the Army’s GFPR action officer at the time.
The Army plans to use performance-based approaches to write at least half of its cleanup contracts by the end of fiscal 2005.
Georgia was initially concerned about being overwhelmed by the volume that could be generated, according to Bruce Khaleghi, coordinator of the Government Facilities Unit within the Hazardous Waste Management Branch of the Georgia EPD.
aec.army.mil /usaec/publicaffairs/update/win04/win0401.html   (1822 words)

  
 Military of Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Among the Partners Georgia was the first country who could submit the special documentation (May 2004) and on 29 October 2004 the North Atlantic Council approved the first Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) for Georgia.
Georgia has its peacekeeping force in Kosovo, and participates in the War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Georgia   (721 words)

  
 Georgia - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It is bound by Russia to the north and east, Azerbaijan to the southeast, Armenia to the south, Turkey to the southwest and the Black Sea to the west.
In 1992 Georgia suffered from internal conflicts in the regions of South Ossetia, Mingrelia and Abkhazia.
Gamsakhurdia with his private army launched a major offensive and almost took the city of Kutsai only to be forced back by Georgian troops with the support of Russia.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/georgia.htm   (1705 words)

  
 GoArmy.com > Army ROTC > Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) is one of the best leadership courses in the country and is part of your college curriculum.
Army ROTC provides individuals with the tools, training and experiences they need to become Officers in the U.S. Army.
When you graduate from college as an Army ROTC Cadet, you will earn the rank of Second Lieutenant and be ready to start your career in a wide range of different branches and specialties.
www.goarmy.com /rotc   (308 words)

  
 Army Technology - Bradley Linebacker - Short Range Air Defense Vehicle
In March 1995, the Boeing Company was awarded a contract by the US Army Missile Command for the integration of the Stinger missile launch system on the US Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
This consisted of manoeuvres to develop new tactics, techniques and procedures for the Army of the 21st Century.
The US Army ordered a total of 99 Linebacker units, which are fielded with the Third Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
www.army-technology.com /projects/linebacker   (902 words)

  
 America's Army for PC Review - PC America's Army Review
The only thing America's Army is likely to cost you is a fair amount of time as you download over 200MB of game files, though the game is also available on CDs that can be picked up at US Army recruiting offices all over the country.
America's Army is unusually detailed, from the guns to the graphics.
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier is the Xbox version of the tactical first-person shooter developed in conjunction with the US Army.
www.gamespot.com /pc/action/americasarmyoperations/review.html   (1161 words)

  
 Army ROTC - Georgia Southern University Army ROTC Homepage - Welcome to Army ROTC, Eagle Battalion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Army ROTC has always been one of America's leading sources of scholarships, making awards to thousands of the highest-caliber students each year.
Army ROTC is traditionally a four-year program consisting of a Basic Course (2 years) and an Advanced Course (2 years) where students take one military science course per semester along with their other academic courses.
Think of Army ROTC as a leadership development program that will qualify you to serve as an officer/leader in one of the most respected institutions in the World - the United States Army.
cost.georgiasouthern.edu /rotc   (374 words)

  
 Battle Summary: Nashville, TN
Sherman’s army out of Georgia, Gen. John Bell Hood led the Army of Tennessee north toward Nashville in November 1864.
The IV Army Corps marched out to within 250 yards, in some places, of the Confederate’s new line and began constructing fieldworks.
Hood’s army was stalled at Columbia, beaten at Franklin, and routed at Nashville.
www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/tn038.htm   (540 words)

  
 Sherman's March to the Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The campaign began with General Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15, 1864, and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 22.
Grant's armies in Virginia continued to be in a stalemate against Robert E. Lee's army, besieged in Petersburg.
Sherman's armies reached the outskirts of Savannah on December 10, but found that Hardee had entrenched 10,000 men in good positions and his soldiers had flooded the surrounding rice fields, leaving only narrow causeways available to approach the city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea   (2269 words)

  
 Tennessee Civil War Battle Nashville American Civil War
Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston was wounded and bled to death, leaving P.G.T. Beauregard to disengage and retreat with a dispirited gray-clad army.
Daniel (Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee) has crafted a superbly researched volume that will appeal to both the beginning Civil War reader as well as those already familiar with the course of fighting in the wooded terrain bordering the Tennessee River.
Finally, the Union drove off Bragg's army entirely in the famous Battle of Missionary Ridge, which was a much more complex affair than previous, heroic accounts make it.
www.americancivilwar.com /statepic/tn/tn038.html   (1110 words)

  
 87th Division (Training Support) - Overview
The 87th Division (Training Support) is a U.S Army Reserve Division headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
In the event of mobilization, the division provides assistance to designated mobilization station commanders, by conducting Post-Mobilization training of units prior to their deployment to the theater of operations.
The 87th Division trains, mobilizes and validates Army Reserve and National Guard units in the Division area of operation.
www.armyreserve.army.mil /USARC/Div-TS/0087Div-TS   (254 words)

  
 History of the Union Army - More Info
Below are the Union field armies created during the war.
Army of the Shenandoah II (Jun 1864 - Jul 1864)
Army of Southwest Missouri (Army of the Southwest)
www.historyshots.com /union/backstory.cfm   (236 words)

  
 The Salvation Army in Georgia
Salvation Army centers of worship are called "corps." We invite you to worship with us.
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church.
Most vehicles are donated to Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centers (ARC) and sold at auction to raise funds for the program.
www.salvationarmysouth.org /GA.htm   (298 words)

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