the journal he kept during the trip‚ “I am DETERMINED TO PURSUE MY COURSE‚ HAPPEN WHAT WILL.” Because of his efforts‚ Donelson became a co-founder of Fort Nashborough (now Nashville) and helped colonize and populate new land near the Cumberland. On December 22‚ 1779‚ Donelson embarked on his journey to The Big Salt Lick (now Nashville) from Fort Patrick Henry with approximately 30 families. His boat‚ The Adventure‚ held families‚ household goods‚ slaves‚ and necessary supplies to sustain life on
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Glory During the American Civil War‚ the Massachusetts army engages Confederate forces in a bloody battle. Captain Robert Shaw is injured in the battle and assumed lost‚ but is found alive by a gravedigger named John Rawlins and sent to a field hospital. Shaw visits his family‚ and is introduced to Frederick Douglass. Shaw is offered a promotion to the rank of Colonel‚ and command of the first all-black regiment the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer army. He accepts the responsibility‚ and asks his
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no one could tell them anything for they were going to do it regardless. I however didn’t want to go and the Army never offered it to me while I was in training. Soon that would change as I was to report to my new duty station Fort Polk Louisiana. A year after arriving at Fort Polk I had made a name for myself as one of the fastest runners in the company‚ I was still nowhere near Olympic level but fast for the Army standards. I was a young Private First Class hoping to get promoted early to specialist
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great use to his army as guides‚ scouts‚ etc.‚ if he had treated them kindly; but he slighted and neglected them‚ and they gradually left him. In conversation with him one day‚ he was giving me some account of his intended progress. “After taking Fort Duquesne‚” says he‚ “I am to proceed to Niagara; and‚ having taken that‚ to Frontenac‚ if the season will allow time; and I suppose it will‚ for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march
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No one knows exactly when Lahore Fort was built but it was first mentioned around 1021 AD when Mahmud of Ghazna conquered it. Over the centuries Lahore was conquered many times. Lahore has also been an important city for a long time. The best time for Lahore was during the Mughal reign from 1525 to 1721. Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (Akbar the Great) built the present structure as we know it today. Jahangir and Shah Jahan constructed palaces in the Fort and Emperor Auranzeb Alamgir built the Badshahi
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UNCLASSIFIED HQ‚ III Corps & Fort Hood Fort Hood‚ TX 76544 280735 Jan 13 FRAGO 1 TO OPERATION ORDER PW 12-10-905 (PROFILE REVIEW BOARDS‚ OCT 12 UPDATE) (CHANGES IN BOLD) References: a. Army Regulation (AR) 600-20‚ Army Command Policy‚ dated 18 Mar 08. b. ALARACT 206/2011‚ HQDA EXORD 223-11‚ Army Implementation of Electronic Profile (eProfile)‚ dated 27 May 11. c. ALARACT 261-2012‚ Notification of Army-Wide Implementation of MOS Administrative Retention Review (MAR2)‚ dated 21 Sep 12. d. FRAGO 2 to
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Widely thought of as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world‚ it is one of India’s biggest tourist attractions. It was chosen as one of the Wonders of the World in 2007.[1] It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site‚ together with the Agra Fort‚ 2.5 kilometers away.[2] The Taj Mahal is an example of Mughal architecture – a mixture of building design ideas from Islamic Indian‚ Persian (old Iran)‚ and Muslim arts. Shah Jahan was going to build an identical black tomb for himself‚ but he died
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crime. There is no proof that banning assault weapons will reduce crime. There are many guns with high capacity magazines that have the capability to inflict just as much damage as banned automatic weapons. Mass shooting in Aurora‚ Sandy Hook and Fort Hood were carried out after long after the assault weapons ban in 1994. Example #2: It is spring and we are still having snow storms in the mid-west and northeast coast. Global warming must have stopped. Short period trends and current weather patterns
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was first constructed in 1829. It was the very first battle of the civil war‚ Fort Sumter was named after a War General and it was only one of many other forts the U.S Congress has that is part of a defense program in 1817. History.com Staff. "Fort Sumter." History.com. 2009. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter. Fort Sumter was named after a War General and it was only one of 50 other forts the U.S Congress has that is part of a defense program
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The Battle of Fort Sumter is the first battle of the Civil War. Fort Sumter is located in an artificial island in the harbor of Charleston‚ South Carolina‚ built in the wake of the War of 1812 . After South Carolina’s secession from the Union on December 20‚ 1860‚ Maj. Robert Anderson and his force of 85 soldiers were positioned at Fort Moultrie near the mouth of Charleston Harbor. On December 26‚ fearing for their safety‚ Anderson moved his command to Fort Sumter. All the forts along the coast except
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