South African Republic Suid Afrikaanse Republiek | |
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Motto: "Geduld en Moed " (Afrikaans) "Patience and Courage" | |
Anthem: "Die Stem van Suid Afrika" | |
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Capital and largest city | Bloemfontein |
Official languages | Afrikaans[1][2] |
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Demonym(s) | |
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency |
Walter Madeley | |
Henry Allan Fagan | |
Frederic Hugh Page Creswell | |
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet | |
Legislature | Volksraad |
Consolidation of the Boer Republics and Cape | |
17 February 1867 | |
28 November 1895 | |
2 June 1917 | |
Area | |
• Total | 4,241,876 km2 (1,637,797 sq mi) (11th) |
• Water (%) | 1.1 |
Population | |
• 1936 census | 20,852,315[5] (17th) |
• Density | 4.9/km2 (12.7/sq mi) (75th) |
GDP (nominal) | 1936 estimate |
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Currency | South African Pond |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Drives on | right |
ISO 3166 code | ZA |
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Seats | 216 |
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National Council of Provinces political groups |
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Meeting place | |
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Parliament House, Bloemfontein Orange Free State, South Africa | |
Website | |
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my old arizona rangers page :
Arizona Guards | |
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Active | 1861-1863 |
Disbanded | May 1863, merged with Company A, Arizona Rangers |
Country | Confederate States |
Branch | Confederate States Army |
Type | Militia |
Engagements | Battle of Pinos Altos |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Thomas J. Mastin Thomas Jefferson Helm |
The Arizona Guards was a Confederate militia company raised on 18 July 1861 in Pinos Altos, located today in New Mexico but then in Confederate Arizona, at the order of Arizona Governor John Baylor. The unit was commanded by Captain Thomas J. Mastin until 7 October 1861 when he died of sepsis, being replaced by Lieutenant Thomas "Tom" Jefferson Helm. The guards mostly scouted and engaged the Apache, pursuing as far as Lake Guzmán, Mexico. Most of the Arizona Guards were settlers and miners from around Pinos Altos and the Mimbres River valley or other parts of southern New Mexico Territory. Some members of the Guards, alongside the Arizona Rangers of Mesilla later joined the Company A, Arizona Rangers. All three were part of Herbert's Battalion, Arizona Cavalry, until May 1863 when they had been depleted by losses. The Rangers of Mesilla and Guards were disbanded, their men being brought into Company A, which remained in action as the "Arizona Scout Company" until the end of the civil war. As both Herbert's Battalion and the Arizona Scout Company, it was attached to the Army of New Mexico.
Battle of Pinos Altos
editThe unit fought in the Battle of Pinos Altos alongside the inhabitants of the town against approximately 300 Apache warriors. The battle resulted in the deaths of 5 Guards and about 10 Apache, and the wounding of 7 Confederates and about 20 Apache. The Apache attack was repulsed by the improvised use of an old cannon, and the Guard gave chase, failing to catch their opponents. Notable pioneers Jack Swilling and James Henry Tevis were believed to have fought at Pinos Altos, the former being a first lieutenant of the Guards. After the battle, most of the town's population left in fear of continued Apache attacks, while 70 miners remained.
References
edit- Hall, Martin Hardwick. "Captain Thomas J. Mastin's Arizona Guards, C.S.A.." New Mexico Historical Review 49, 2 (1974). (https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol49/iss2/4)
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