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4 unusual facts about Joseph O. Shelby


Edwin Adams Davis

One particular group led by General Joseph O. Shelby of Missouri, followed its cavalry flag, or guidon, south with the goal of planting an imperial colony in Mexico.

James Timberlake

Timberlake became a second lieutenant and participated in a number of engagements under the command of General Joseph O. Shelby.

Joseph O. Shelby

After Robert E. Lee's army surrendered in Virginia, General Edmund Kirby Smith appointed Shelby a major general on May 10, 1865.

The memory of Shelby and his men as "The Undefeated" is used as a distant basis for the 1969 John Wayne-Rock Hudson film by the same name.


Battle of Westport

The rebel divisions of Joseph O. Shelby and James Fagan had meanwhile received orders from Price to hold Curtis in front of Westport.

David Marcus

Other notable projects included the page New Irish Writing for the Irish Press, which provided a forum for aspiring Irish authors, publishing most of the most important names in Irish fiction, many for the first time, including Dermot Bolger, Ita Daly, Anne Enright, Neil Jordan, Claire Keegan, John McGahern, Michael Feeney Callan, Bernard MacLaverty, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Joseph O'Connor, Colm Tóibín and William Wall.

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Robert J. Shelby - U.S. District Court judge - author of precedent-making decision on gay marriage.

Herbert Dargue

On December 16, 1914, he flew a Burgess Model I seaplane with 1st Lt. Joseph O. Mauborgne of the Signal Corps as his radio operator, making the first two-way communication by radio telegraphy between a ground station and an airplane in flight.

Irish fiction

Irish writers whose work is targeted at more commercial audiences, among them Cecilia Ahern (PS, I Love You), Maeve Binchy (Tara Road), John Boyne (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), Marian Keyes (Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married) and Joseph O'Connor (Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes), have had considerable commercial success internationally.

Joe O'Donnell

Joseph O'Donnell Sr. (1722–1787) Spanish general and father of Joseph O'Donnell the younger and two other generals of the Napoleonic Wars

Joseph O. Fletcher

In 2005, he was awarded the honorary membership of the American Meteorological Society.

Joseph O'Brien

Joseph Leonard O'Brien, (1895–1973), former Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

Joseph J. O'Brien (1897–1953), former U.S. congressman from New York

Joey O'Brien, Irish international and former Bolton Wanderers footballer

Joseph O'Connell Ryan

Joseph O'Connell Ryan (December 18, 1841 – July 26, 1938) was a Canadian politician, barrister and editor.

Born in Dunnville, Canada West, the son of John O'Connell and the former Miss Ryan, he was educated at Regiopolis College; he adopted his mother's surname.

Joseph O'Rourke

Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke (1772–1849), Russian nobleman and military leader

Joseph O'Sullivan

The event provided the inspiration for the film Odd Man Out.

Joseph Ryan

Joseph O'Connell Ryan (1841–1938), Canadian politician, barrister and editor

La Basoche

Stage direction was by Hugh Moss, and the cast included David Bispham (alternating with Wallace Brownlow) as the Duke, Ben Davies (and Joseph O'Mara) as Clément Marot, Charles Kenningham as Jehan L'Eville, and John Le Hay as Guillot.

Love, Shelby

The track was included in the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Elizondo was then known for his work with Canadian pop star Nelly Furtado.

Robert J. Shelby

He found that Amendment 3 was in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which guarantees due process and equal protection.

Utah Constitutional Amendment 3

On December 20, 2013, federal judge Robert J. Shelby of the U.S. District Court for Utah struck down Amendment 3 as unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.

On December 20, 2013, District Judge Robert J. Shelby struck down the same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional (appeals are expected) and violating same-gender couples’ their rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.


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