The Lincoln Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Abraham Lincoln) was the 17th (later the 58th) battalion of the XV International Brigade, a mixed brigade of the International Brigades also known as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. It was organized by the Communist International[1][2] and named after US President Abraham Lincoln who led the US during the American Civil War.
The Lincoln Battalion was formed by a group of volunteers from the United States who served in the Spanish Civil War as soldiers, technicians, medical personnel, and aviators fighting for Spanish Republican forces against the Nazi-supported forces of General Francisco Franco and his Nationalist faction. The Lincoln Battalion integrated white and black volunteers on an equal basis. Of the approximately 3,015 volunteers from the US, 681 were killed in action or died of wounds or sickness.[3]
^Hayes 1951, p. 117.
^Richardson 1982, pp. 31–47.
^Garcia, Daniel Pastor, Celeda, Antonio R. "The Victors Write History, and the Vanquished Literature: Myth, Distortion and Truth in the XV Brigade". Bulletin of Spanish Studies no. 89 (2012): 311–312.
The LincolnBattalion (Spanish: Batallón Abraham Lincoln) was the 17th (later the 58th) battalion of the XV International Brigade, a mixed brigade of...
Saklatvala Battalion and the mostly North American LincolnBattalion. It also included two non-English-speaking battalions, the Balkan Dimitrov Battalion and...
Washington Battalion – the second U.S. battalion. Later merged with the LincolnBattalion, to form the Lincoln-Washington Battalion. Hans Beimler Battalion – mostly...
American veteran of the Spanish Civil War, the last commander of the LincolnBattalion of XV International Brigade, and a prominent communist. He was born...
renamed and the Lincoln Militia, with three battalions came into being, some 849 strong. By 1794, Butler was a full colonel with four battalions reporting 976...
frequently overshadowed by the American LincolnBattalion. Dallet theorized that if they could name the battalion after something distinctly Canadian would...
the Spanish Civil War. He was killed while commanding the Abraham LincolnBattalion of the International Brigades. Merriman was born in Eureka, California...
Songs of the Lincoln Brigade is a 1940 album by several members of the Almanac Singers: Baldwin 'Butch' Hawes, Bess Lomax Hawes and Pete Seeger, along...
Ontario, as the 19th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry) Canada. Redesignated on 28 September 1866, as the 19th LincolnBattalion of Infantry. Redesignated...
Republic in the Spanish Civil War. He was the commander of the Abraham LincolnBattalion for several days and commander of its Machine Gun Company for much...
British Battalion was attached to XV International Brigade, XV IB. The other battalions were the US LincolnBattalion, the crack Balkan Dimitrov Battalion, and...
Protesters at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Protesters marching in the street. Abraham LincolnBattalion veterans marching from the Lincoln Memorial....
whose second husband Joe Dallet had been killed fighting with the LincolnBattalion in the Spanish Civil War; his brother Frank Oppenheimer and Frank's...
and Baldwin Hawes, he recorded an album of 78s called Songs of the LincolnBattalion on Moe Asch's Stinson label. This included such songs as "There's...
deliberately chosen, such as Garibaldi Battalion in Italy, the Canadian "Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion" or Abraham LincolnBattalion in the United States. Many non-Spaniards...
1915 – June 11, 1958) was an American soldier and member of Abraham LincolnBattalion, a unit that volunteered to fight during the Spanish Civil War for...
War. A number of M1928s were brought from the United States by the LincolnBattalion. Sweden: In January 25, 1940, The Royal Swedish Army ordered 500...
Durruti himself. Also, as recounted by various former members of the LincolnBattalion, it was not uncommon for Republican commanders to order units onto...
Morris (Mickey) Mickenberg who became antagonistic to the American LincolnBattalion after returning from Spain. Mickenberg and Herrick tried to form,...
the Spanish Civil War. He was killed while commanding the Abraham LincolnBattalion of the International Brigades. Thaddeus P. Mott 1831–1894 1848–1857...
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