2 In 1859, Joseph Rainey traveled to Philadelphia, where he met and married his wife, Susan, also a halfâFrench mulatto, originally from the West Indies. Rainey continued to work as a barber, and the couple had three children: Joseph II, Herbert, and Olivia.
For other uses, see Rommel (disambiguation). Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 â 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a field marshal (senior military commander) in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Pour le MÃ©rite for his actions on the Italian Front.
Spoken by George C. Scott in the film Patton, portraying his defeat of what he thought were forces under the command of Erwin Rommel; however, the book portrayed in that film is purely fictional â Rommel never finished the book he was writing on tank warfare, but did write a book on his experiences in WW I.