Marine Corps History LE-1508
Birth of the Corps Continental Marines
10 November 1775 TunTun Tavern : Philadelphia, Pa. TwoTwo Battalions of Marines CaptainCaptain Samuel Nicholas Robert Mullen
First Landing (mission) l 3 March 1776 l New Providence, Bahamas l Seize British supplies
D u t i e s l Keep order aboard Navy ships l Provide landing forces l Man the cannons l Assault with musket fire l Board British ships and fight using hand to hand combat
Continental Marines l 1 Major l 30 Captains l 100 Lieutenants l 2000 Enlisted
April 1783 §M§Marine Corps disbands after Treaty of Paris is signed §A§America fears military takeover
Beginning of the Modern Corps
27 March 1794 §Congress authorizes building of six U.S. Ships §USS Constellation §USS Constitution §USS United States
11 July 1798 §Congress authorizes reorganization of Marine Corps §Major William Ward Burrows commissioned new Commanding Officer
Moves From Philadelphia, Pa. To Washington, D.C. § Nation’s Capitol § Headquarters USMC
Changes §Emphasis on Drill for discipline §“President’s Own” created §Popularity of USMC increased
“Barbary Wars” § : Mediterranean Sea §Barbary States : Morocco, Algiers, Tripoli §Barbary Pirates §British Navy §Pasha of Tripoli
“Expedition To Derna” Tripoli §Spring of 1805 §Lt. Presley O’Bannon & his Marines §500 Arab Mercenaries §650 miles of desert §Prince Hamet §Mameluke Sword
“War Of 1812” §At Sea : stop British supplies §On Land : Battles of Bladensburg & New Orleans
Battle of Bladensburg §5 miles from Washington D.C. §British burned Washington D.C. §8th & I was left standing
Battle of New Orleans §General Andrew Jackson §Defeated British §Ended the War
“Years of Peace” §Lt.Col. Wharton §Disciplinary System §Hand Salute §Marine Barracks & Bks.Duty