User:Gparkes

What started out as a few interesting classes in college turned into my major; I consider myself an avid student of history. After watching my father's many years of research in to family genealogy, I have turned to it to find those special stories that bring life to American history. My particular interest into the American Civil War has drawn me to my forefathers and others to seek the history of their time. Beyond just the study, I have spent considerable amounts of time in travel, wanting to visit the sites important to our history. This page shows the subjects that I have and continue to research.

Travel

 * National Park Service Sites I have Visited.

 Create Your Own Visited States Map

Genealogy

 * Genealogy Page -- Carpenter Pages
 * Genealogy Page -- Other Family Members

A few other pages that are my user pages:


 * Genealogy Page -- Union Regiments
 * Genealogy Page -- Union Corps


 * Genealogy Page -- Confederate Regiments
 * Genealogy Page -- Confederate Corps

Regiments
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Illinois

 * 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Indiana

 * 10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry
 * 65th Regiment Indiana Infantry
 * 130th Regiment Indiana Infantry

Iowa

 * 11th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
 * 14th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
 * 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
 * 28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Missouri
Union Regiments

Cavalry
 * 2nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
 * 3rd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry

Infantry
 * 33rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
 * 39th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
 * 42nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
 * 49th Enrolled Missouri Militia

Confederate Regiments
 * 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate)

New York
Artillery Infantry
 * 2nd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment
 * 9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment
 * 27th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
 * 98th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
 * 111th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

North Carolina
Infantry
 * 2nd North Carolina Infantry
 * 5th North Carolina Infantry
 * 12th North Carolina Infantry
 * 50th North Carolina Infantry
 * 51st North Carolina Infantry

Ohio

 * 42nd Ohio Infantry

Pennsylvania

 * 79th Pennsylvania Infantry
 * 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry
 * 195th Pennsylvania Infantry
 * 214th Pennsylvania Infantry

South Carolina

 * 24th South Carolina Infantry Regiment

United States
Galvanized Yankees
 * 4th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment
 * 5th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment
 * 6th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Locations
Civil War Defenses of Washington
 * Fort Bunker Hill
 * Fort Foote
 * Fort Kearney
 * Fort Mansfield
 * Fort Reno

Revolutionary War
16 Streamers/Campaigns

Lexington 19 April 1775 Ticonderoga 10 May 1775 Boston 17 June 1775-17 March 1776 Quebec 28 August 1775-3 July 1776 Charleston 28-29 June 1776; 29 March-12 May 1780 Long Island 26-29 August 1776 Trenton 26 December 1776 Princeton 3 January 1777 Saratoga 2 July-17 October 1777 Brandywine 11 September 1777 Germantown 4 October 1777 Monmouth 28 June 1778 Savannah 29 December 1778; 16 September-10 October 1779 Cowpens 17 January 1781 Guilford Court House 15 March 1781 Yorktown 28 September-19 October 1781

War of 1812
6 Streamers/Campaigns

Canada 18 June 1812-17 February 1815 Chippewa 5 July 1814 Lundy's Lane 25 July 1814 Bladensburg 17-29 August 1814 McHenry 13 September 1814 New Orleans 23 September 1814-8 January 1815

Mexican War
10 Streamers/Campaigns

Palo Alto 8 May 1846 Resaca de la Palma 9 May 1846 Monterey 21 September 1846 Buena Vista 22-23 February 1847 Vera Cruz 9-29 March 1847 Cerro Gordo 17 April 1847 Contreras 18-20 August 1847 Churubusco 20 August 1847 Molino del Rey 8 September 1847 Chapultepec 13 September 1847

Civil War
Ironically, it was 40 years before a campaign medal would be authorized. Today, it is only days after, and sometimes even during a conflict, when a campaign medal is authorized.

There are 25 Streamers/Campaigns authorized.

Indian Wars
14 Streamers/Campaigns

Miami January 1790-August 1795 Tippecanoe 21 September-18 November 1811 Creeks 27 July 1813-August 1814; February 1836-July 1837 Seminoles 20 November 1817-31 October 1818; 28 December 1835-14 August 1842; 15 December 1855-May 1858 Black Hawk 26 April-20 September 1832 Comanches 1867-1875 Modocs 1872-1873 Apaches 1873; 1885-1886 Little Big Horn 1876-1877 Nez Perces 1877 Bannocks 1878 Cheyennes 1878-1879 Utes September 1879-November 1880 Pine Ridge November 1890-January 1891

War with Spain
3 Campaigns/Streamers

Santiago 22 June-11 July 1898 Puerto Rico 25 July-13 August 1898 Manila 31 July-13 August 1898

China Relief Expedition
3 Campaigns/Streamers

Tientsin 13 July 1900 Yang-tsun 6 August 1900 Peking 14-15 August 1900

Philippine Insurrection
3 Campaigns/Streamers

Manila 4 February-17 March 1899 Iloilo 8-12 February 1899 Malolos 24 March-16 August 1899 Laguna de Bay 8-17 April 1899 San Isidro 12 April-30 May 1899; 15 October-19 November 1899 Zapote River 13 June 1899 Cavite 7-13 October 1899; 4 January-9 February 1900 Tarlac 5-20 November 1899 San Fabian 6-19 November 1899 Mindanao 4 July 1902-31 December 1904; 22 October 1905 Jolo 1-24 May 1905; 6-8 March 1906; 6 August 1906; 11-15 June 1913

Mexican Expedition
3 Campaigns/Streamers

Mexico 1916-1917 14 March 1916-7 February 1917

World War I
3 Campaigns/Streamers

Cambrai 20 November-4 December 1917 Somme Defensive 21 March-6 April 1918 Lys 9-27 April 1918 Aisne 27 May-5 June 1918 Montdidier-Noyon 9-13 June 1918 Champagne-Marne 15-18 July 1918 Aisne-Marne 18 July-6 August 1918 Somme Offensive 8 August-11 November 1918 Oise-Aisne 18 August-11 November 1918 Ypres-Lys 19 August-11 November 1918 St. Mihiel 12-16 September 1918 Meuse-Argonne 26 September-11 November 1918 Vittoria Veneto 24 October-4 November 1918

World War II
38 Campaigns/Streamers

There are three theaters considered with this war.

American Theater
1 Campaign/Streamer

Antisubmarine 7 December 1941-2 September 1945

Asiatic-Pacific Theater
21 Campaigns/Streamers

Philippine Islands 7 December 1941-10 May 1942 Burma, 1942 7 December 1941-26 May 1942 Central Pacific 7 December 1941-6 December 1943 East Indies 1 January-22 July 1942 India-Burma 2 April 1942-28 January 1945 Air Offensive, Japan 17 April 1942-2 September 1945 Aleutian Islands 3 June 1942-24 August 1943 China Defensive 4 July 1942-4 May 1945 Papua 23 July 1942-23 January 1943 Guadalcanal 7 August 1942-21 February 1943 New Guinea 24 January 1943-31 December 1944 Northern Solomons 22 February 1943-21 November 1944 Eastern Mandates 31 January-14 June 1944 Bismarck Archipelago 15 December 1943-27 November 1944 Western Pacific 15 June 1944-2 September 1945 Leyte 17 October 1944-1 July 1945 Luzon 15 December 1944-4 July 1945 Central Burma 29 January-15 July 1945 Southern Philippines 27 February-4 July 1945 Ryukyus 26 March-2 July 1945 China Offensive 5 May-2 September 1945

European-African-Middle Eastern Theater
16 Campaigns/Streamers

Egypt-Libya 11 June 1942-12 February 1943 Air Offensive, Europe 4 July 1942-5 June 1944 Algeria-French Morocco 8-11 November 1942 Tunisia 17 November 1942-13 May 1943 Sicily 9 July-17 August 1943 Naples-Foggia 18 August 1943-21 January 1944 (Air); 9 September 1943-21 January 1944 (Ground) Anzio 22 January-24 May 1944 Rome-Arno 22 January-9 September 1944 Normandy 6 June-24 July 1944 Northern France 25 July-14 September 1944 Southern France 15 August-14 September 1944 Northern Apennines 10 September 1944-4 April 1945 Rhineland 15 September 1944-21 March 1945 Ardennes-Alsace 16 December 1944-25 January 1945 Central Europe 22 March-11 May 1945 Po Valley 5 April-8 May 1945

Korean War
10 Campaigns/Streamers

UN Defensive 27 June-15 September 1950 UN Offensive 16 September-2 November 1950 CCF Intervention 3 November 1950-24 January 1951 First UN Counteroffensive 25 January-21 April 1951 CCF Spring Offensive 22 April-8 July 1951 UN Summer-Fall Offensive 9 July-27 November 1951 Second Korean Winter 28 November 1951-30 April 1952 Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 1 May-30 November 1952 Third Korean Winter 1 December 1952-30 April 1953 Korea, Summer 1953 1 May-27 July 1953

Vietnam
17 Campaigns/Streamers

Advisory 15 March 1962-7 March 1965 Defense 8 March-24 December 1965 Counteroffensive 25 December 1965-30 June 1966 Counteroffensive, Phase II 1 July 1966-31 May 1967 Counteroffensive, Phase III 1 June 1967-29 January 1968 Tet Counteroffensive 30 January-1 April 1968 Counteroffensive, Phase IV 2 April-30 June 1968 Counteroffensive, Phase V 1 July-1 November 1968 Counteroffensive, Phase VI 2 November 1968-22 February 1969 Tet 69 Counteroffensive 23 February-8 June 1969 Summer-Fall 1969 9 June-31 October 1969 Winter-Spring 1970 1 November 1969-30 April 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May-30 June 1970 Counteroffensive, Phase VII 1 July 1970-31 June 1971 Consolidation I 1 July-30 November 1971 Consolidation II 1 December 1971-29 March 1972 Cease-Fire 30 March 1972-28 January 1973

Armed Forces Expeditions
17 Campaigns/Streamers

Dominican Republic 28 April 1965-21 September 1966 Grenada 23 October-21 November 1983 Panama 20 December 1989-31 January 1990

Armed Forces Expeditions
3 Campaigns/Streamers

Dominican Republic 28 April 1965-21 September 1966 Grenada 23 October-21 November 1983 Panama 20 December 1989-31 January 1990

Southwest Asia
3 Campaigns/Streamers

Defense of Saudi Arabia 2 August 1990-16 January 1991 Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 17 January-11 April 1991 Cease-Fire 12 April 1991-30 November 1995

Kosovo
2 Campaigns/Streamers

Kosovo Air Campaign 24 March - 10 June 1999 Kosovo Defense Campaign 11 June 1999 - (Closing date to be determined)

War on Terrorism
12 Campaigns/Streamers

Afghanistan
5 Campaigns/Streamers

Liberation of Afghanistan 11 September 2001 - 30 November 2001 Consolidation I 1 December 2001 - 30 September 2006 Consolidation II 1 October 2006 -30 November 2009 Consolidation III 1 December 2009 – 30 June 2011 Transition I 1 July 2011 – (Closing date to be determined, not authorized for display)

Iraq
7 Campaigns/Streamers

Liberation of Iraq 19 March 2003 - 1 May 2003 Transition of Iraq 2 May 2003 - 28 June 2004 Iraqi Governance 29 June 2004 - 15 December 2005 National Resolution 16 December 2005 – 9 January 2007 Iraqi Surge 10 January 2007 -31 December 2008 Iraqi Sovereignty 1 January 2009 – 31 August 2010 New Dawn 1 September 2010 – 31 December 2011

Post Script
This list is certain to grow. I started this page in October of 2012. My intent was to start a list of interest, to share with other. I welcome your assistance as I learn, just as I am willing to aid you in your study.

Travels
 Create Your Own Visited States Map

Pop Culture
For the less serious side of me, here are a couple pages for movies, TV and the like:


 * Star Trek Films and TV
 * DC Commics Films and TV
 * Marvel Films and TV
 * Comic Connections -- Marvel and DC Comics