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Marine Corps History LE-1508 Birth of the Corps Continental Marines 1775-1783.
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Transcript of Marine Corps History LE-1508 Birth of the Corps Continental Marines 1775-1783.
Marine Corps History
LE-1508
Birth of theCorps
Continental Marines
1775-1783
10 November 1775• Tun Tavern : Philadelphia, Pa.Tun Tavern : Philadelphia, Pa.
• Two Battalions of MarinesTwo Battalions of Marines
• Captain Samuel NicholasCaptain Samuel Nicholas
• Captain Robert MullenCaptain Robert Mullen
First Landing (mission)
3 March 1776 New Providence, Bahamas Seize British supplies
D u t i e s Keep order aboard Navy ships Provide landing forces Man the cannons Assault with musket fire Board British ships and fight
using hand to hand combat
Continental Marines
1 Major 30 Captains 100 Lieutenants 2000 Enlisted
April 1783
Marine Corps disbands after Treaty of Paris is signedAmerica fears military
takeover
Beginning of theModern Corps
1794-1860
27 March 1794
Congress authorizes building of six U.S. ShipsUSS ConstellationUSS ConstitutionUSS United States
11 July 1798Congress authorizes
reorganization of Marine Corps
Major William Ward Burrows commissioned new Commanding Officer
Moves From Philadelphia, Pa. To Washington, D.C.
1800 - Nation’s Capitol1801 - Headquarters USMC
ChangesEmphasis on Drill for
discipline“President’s Own” createdPopularity of USMC
increased
“Barbary Wars”1801-1805 : Mediterranean SeaBarbary States : Morocco,
Algiers, TripoliBarbary PiratesBritish NavyPasha of Tripoli
“Expedition To Derna” Tripoli
Spring of 1805Lt. Presley O’Bannon & his Marines500 Arab Mercenaries650 miles of desertPrince HametMameluke Sword
“War Of 1812”
At Sea : stop British suppliesOn Land : Battles of
Bladensburg & New Orleans
Battle of Bladensburg5 miles from Washington D.C.British burned Washington D.C.8th & I was left standing
Battle of New Orleans
General Andrew JacksonDefeated BritishEnded the War
“Years of Peace”
Lt.Col. WhartonDisciplinary SystemHand SaluteMarine Barracks & Bks.Duty