Which rider makes it through South Bridge to warn the colonists in Concord that the British are coming?…
This battle was also called the Siege of Vicksburg. This battle was fought from May 18, 1863, through July 4, 1863. This battle was a major victory for the Union. It happened in Vicksburg, Mississippi where Union General Ulysses S. Grant sought to gain control of the Mississippi River and thereby split the Confederacy into two. Grant laid blockade to the city after his attacks had been repeatedly repelled by the Confederates. For about six weeks, the bombardment had continued with townspeople taking shelter in dugouts in the river banks to avoid the repeated shelling. Finally, outmanned and out of food and supplies, the Confederates surrendered to Grant on July4, 1863. This was just one day following the Southern defeat at Gettysburg. Thus,…
With over 20 percent of the Confederate forces killed or wounded, 16,000 Union casualties, and 18,000 Confederate casualties, the Battle of Chickamauga was known as the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War, closely following the Battle of Gettysburg. The Union and the Confederacy were fighting for the two railroad lines that ran through Chattanooga, Tennessee. On September 19th and 20th, 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga was fought in the counties of Catoosa and Walker, Georgia. Chickamauga got many different nicknames after the battle, including “death-knell” and “the river of death”. It was called “death-knell” and “the river of death” due to the fact that their were an immense number…
Several individuals closely tied to the government requested that the trial be held in Winnipeg in July 1885. There are historians who contend that the trial was moved to Regina because of concerns with the possibility of an ethnically mixed and sympathetic jury.[66] Tom Flanagan states that an amendment of the North-West Territories Act (which dropped the provision that trials with crimes punishable by death should be tried in Manitoba) meant that the trial could be convened within the North-West Territories and did not have to be held in Winnipeg.…
Allies from their existence, Athens and Sparta had fought side by side for centuries. These two Greek city-states fought together in the Greco-Persian war, but when the Persians retreated, tension rose. Athens gained more power than they needed, plunging the two cities into nearly three decades of war. The outcome was devastating. Although Sparta won, they were extremely demoralized. Athens was bankrupt and exhausted, and neither city regained the military strength they once had. This infamous conflict came to be known as the Peloponnesian War.…
With war comes death and destruction and the Civil War was no exception, but a shining example on how blood-letting and fierce the battle field can be. Event with heavy casualties being inflicted on one’s enemy does not guarantee complete and total victory. In majority of battles fought, there are established objectives that both sides deem important and the key to complete victory on the battlefields. The Battle of Shiloh, Chancellorsville, and Chattanooga are such battles where high numbers of casualties were inflicted on both sides, but the key objectives were never met to claim total victory.…
The movie 300 is based on the battle of Thermopylae. The battle was between the Persians and the Greeks and was around 480-479 BC. Greece had much respect for the Spartans so during the battle of Thermopylae Xerxes began invaded Greece so all the cities agreed Sparta would lead the Greek army. The Greeks only had an army of about 6000 soldiers and the Persians had 100,000 so Greece knew they were outnumbered. The Spartans set up on a pass that would lead the Persians to Greece and they were going to use that to hold the Persians. Xerxes knew that the Spartans would fight to death and that they were brave men. The Persians push was unsuccessful and the Spartans would end up killing a lot of Persians. A traitor from the Greece community…
The battle at Vimy Ridge was one of the most important and a major battle in world war one. It occurred along the path the Canadians took south to get from Belgium into northern part of France. It happened on April 9th, 1917, it has officially been one hundred years since this horrific battle. The Canadians, led by Sir. Arthur William Currie, attacked the German soldiers on a seven-kilometre grave yard (from another battle) on a ridge. The reason the Canadians and their allies wanted to capture Vimy was because there were to high peeks on Vimy ridge, that towered over an enemy occupied named Douai plain. The Canadian corps were all commanded to take over and destroy Vimy ridge together. It was the first ever time that all four Canadian…
In any case, an excess of time had been squandered. Significant General Ambrose P. Slope's Light Division had walked 17 miles that day and touched base so as to compel back the Union troops toward Antietam Creek. Amid the fight, the Union's fifth Corps had been available all through and the sixth Corps had landed amid the day. Neither had been sent vigorously. Indeed, even an assault on the next day would have pulverized Lee, who had not withdrew. McClellan has been extremely reprimanded for not mounting a full scale attack on the next day. Rather, Lee could withdraw southward over the Potomac. The South endured 13,700 setbacks and the North, 12,500. The effect of Antietam was huge. The South gravely required a triumph on Northern soil; this was the main path in which they would have the capacity to secure European help. Their inability to hold for domain discouraged the British from setting up discretionary relations. Lincoln, long anticipating a noteworthy triumph, utilized the event of Antietam to declare the preparatory Emancipation…
The first problem between the British and the Americans happened on April 19,1775 in Massachusetts. General Thomas Gage wanted his men to ruin all of the Americans supplies and guns that were placed in Concord. He also wanted John Hancock and Sameul Adams to be arrested.…
Between 1860-1865, the U.S. was engaged in a Civil War between the North and the South. It was unprecedented in its use of photography to document the various aspects of war. This picture is the bloody battle of Antietam. The photo was taken by Alexander Gardner displaying the horrific tragedy that occurred at the battle of Antietam. Since the battle was declared over, now the battleground is a place to go and look around at the battlefield. It was a very hard fought battle on both sides, and each General had very good qualities that will be further explained in the body paragraphs below. Speaking of the body paragraphs, they will discuss the photo in more depth and detail about the very gruesome battle of Antietam. Also the articles that…
During the American Revolutionary War, many people helped out. The Sons Of Liberty, founded in 1765, participated in the Boston Tea Party, an event leading up to the war. The Daughters Of Liberty, also founded around 1765, participated in many patriot acts and events. Mercy Otis Warren supported the Patriots using plays. Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley fought in her husband’s place when he was injured. George Washington, called General Washington during battles, led the colonists, or the Continental Army, into battle against the British and won.…
The Peloponnesian war arose between 431-404 BC. This confrontation hurled the two most powerful city-states of Greece against each other. The two conflicting sides of Athens and Sparta forced many other city-states of the Hellenic world to align themselves. Each city-state could side with the powerful naval confederacy of the Athenians, or the elite Spartan military. The combat supremacy of Athens and Sparta was not the only factor.…
The Battle of Fredericksburg was a battle that America could not forget. It was one of the worst Union defeats in the Civil War. This battle lasted from December eleventh to December fifteenth; however, most of the fighting was done on December thirteenth. After all was said and done thousands of bodies littered the fields of Virginia. Blood spilled out across the vast lands, it soaked the grounds and was a horrible sight to behold. Although the rain eventually washed the blood away; it could never wash away the horrors of that battle. The Battle of Fredericksburg will haunt the Union soldiers long after the Civil War ends. Even today we mourn and respect all the soldiers who lost their lives on that fatal battlefield.…
Ancient Greece had one of the greatest militaries of all time. All throughout Greece there were different city-states. Each city-state had a different style of war. In Athens, they had the largest navy in Greece and fought battles on water. Sparta dedicated all their men to military and were all soldiers. The Greek civilization began around 2800 BC and started in the bronze age. The Greek military was the most important part of Greek Civilization because it protected Greece against others, with good strategies, had great armor for protection, and honor brought through victories…