Takes command of Washington provisional brigade. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Col. Maxwell Murray was today promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and assumed command of the Washington Provisional Brigade. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Dana T. Merrill, who has been transferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison, In
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"Takes command of Washington provisional brigade. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Col. Maxwell Murray was today promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and assumed command of the Washington Provisional Brigade. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Dana T. Merrill, who has been transferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison, In" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Takes_command_of_Washington_provisional_brigade._Washington,_D.C.,_Dec._1._Col._Maxwell_Murray_was_today_promoted_to_the_rank_of_Brigadier_General_and_assumed_command_of_the_Washington_LCCN2016874453.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 297514.
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