The Battle of Vicksburg was tried to be won over many times by General Ulysses S. Grant all the way from October, 1862. One of his attempts included one on January 2, 1863 where his men marched from the Yazoo River to the Mississippi River. Grant decided he would need assistant generals, so he brought with him McClerland, McPherson, and Sherman, who also had planned to invade Vicksburg. Originally, the plan had been to attack from Rodney, Mississippi, but a local changed his mind, so they attacked from Bruinsburg. Smaller battles were on May 17, and May 19. On May 19, Union forces were pretty bruised up, so Grant decided to try a new strategy.…
The battle of Chelsea Creek, was a duel dispute, on May 27, 1775. This battle was between two opposing sides, in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The 13 colonies in North America & the Kingdom of Great Britain. Leaders of the opposing forces were, John Stalk & Israel Putnam, American Colonists. Samuel Graves & Thomas Graves, British forces. American Militiamen, started this duel by, attacking Chelsea for, burning hay, animal needs, & any other thing they needed to be provided by. This lead to, the triumph for the American's &…
The First World War invoked feelings of pride in the hearts of the Canadian citizens for the nation as victories were gained on the battlefields by Canadian armies. The victory at Vimy Ridge is one of the battles that stirred within the hearts of Canadians’ a strong pride for their nation, because “for the first time, all four divisions of the Canadian Corps had attacked and triumphed together”. In the battle there were 10 602 casualties, but this did not stop the Canadian army from defeating the enemies and taking command over the whole crest of the Ridge. This victory was a major event that instilled within the hearts of Canadians a great pride for their nation who had taken command over the whole crest of the Ridge by defeated their enemies…
During June of 1918, the Marines participated in the Battle of Belleau Wood in an attempt to secure the allied lines protecting Amiens and Paris. The battle lasted more than three weeks and the Marines, embedded with Army and allied forces, engaged four divisions of German Soldiers in an attempt to halt the enemy offensive and secure allied controlled territory. The battle began on 6 June and resulted in the greatest loss of life by a Marine unit at that time with more than 1,000 men killed, on that day alone. Both allied and enemy forces waged a ferocious attack over the three-week campaign often fighting hand-to-hand and using bayonets despite having endured a lack of sustenance and experiencing extensive sleep deprivation. The Marines…
There were forts in Kansas to protect several trails from Indian attacks but they were also made to protect Fort Leavenworth which was the first fort built in Kansas.…
The Lincoln county war took place in New Mexico between 1878 and dragged on through 1881. It was all started between John Tunstall who owns and manages a large ranch operation in Lincoln County. Two Irish men, J.J Dolan and L.G Murphy operated the general store in town, which was named the house. Through the house the access to lucrative beef contracts with the government was controlled.…
After Tanaghrisson had killed Jumonville, the gloves were off. It wasn’t long before the French and their Indian allies launched a swift counterattack. Fort Necessity was surrounded and Washington and his men, under siege, eventually surrendered. Tensions were at a fever pitch. The French claimed that Jumonville’s party had been on a diplomatic (rather than military) mission and that the ambush and killing of the prisoners was unprovoked and unacceptable. The “Jumonville affair ” was an international incident of the first order. It was one among many events that led to the confrontation (between the two superpowers of the time) but it was the decisive spark that ultimately ignited the French and Indian War. After a series of embarrassing negotiations Washington was subsequently released by the French, with the promise not to return to the Ohio Country. The incident was a “black-eye” for the British, so much so that back in Virginia Governor Dinwiddie responded angrily; the disgraced Washington, faced with a demotion in rank, opted to resign from active military service. As it turned out, the Jumonville Affair was not the end for George Washington in the French-Indian war, but it should have…
The Battle of Pine Bluff took place in Jefferson county. At 8:00 am, October 25, Col. Powell Clayton sent a company of cavalry toward Princeton which ran into Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke’s men advancing. After some fire, the Rebels, under a flag of truce, came forward demanding surrender. Lt. M.F. Clark answered that there would be no surrender. Clayton slowly retreated back into Pine Bluff. In the meantime, about 300 African-American soldiers rolled cotton bales out of the warehouses for barricades to protect court square. After failing to take the square by force, the Rebels attempted to burn out the Union forces but to no avail. The Confederate forces retired, leaving Pine Bluff to the Federals. There were 4 forces that engaged in this…
Tensions rise between different cultures, always have and always will. That being said, violence is bound to occur, it’s just a matter of how and when. During the late 20th century of France, conflict was a reoccurring theme, with the involvement of wars, rioting, and social controversy. These conflicts are shown within the movies “Cache” and “The Battle of Algiers.” In this paper, I will discuss the violence partaken in each film.…
Soon after the withdrawal of the Native American support and the colonist fighting for the British, the French lost Fort Duquesne and after a gruesome two month battle they also lost Louisburg. The French quickly went from having an upper hand in this war to suffering heavy casualties, now with the colonists and the Native Americans fighting for the British, the French were outnumbered and outmatched and were defeated at Quebec and Montreal. The loss at Montreal was the last straw for the French, and as the war continued in Europe the French made one last attempt at capturing North America 1762 but failed again. This led to the French realizing that the British were too strong to defeat and started negotiating…
The capture of Savannah, was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in Dec. of 1778 pitting local American Patriot MIlitia and Continental Army units, holding the city against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. The British capture of the city led to an extended occupation and was the opening move in the British southern strategy to regain control of the rebellious Southern provinces by appealing to the relatively strong Loyalist sentiment there. General Sir Henry Clinton, the commander of the British forces based in New York City, sent Campbell and a 3,100 strong force from New York to Capture Savannah, and begin the process of returning Georgia to British…
In the beginning of both the novel Flight, by Sherman Alexie, and the article, The Battle Of Little Bighorn, 1876 unnecessary violence and revenge are perpetrated by the main character or subject. In Flight, the protagonist, Zits, is an immature, troublemaking, Native-American boy. Zits gets sent to jail numerous times for his mischievous actions. For his most recent offense he is put in jail with a young white kid, who calls himself Justice. Zits tells Justice about his past. About his father leaving him. About his hatred for all his white foster parents. About his self-shame. Justice suggests that Zits perform a “ghost dance”; a dance that, if successful, is said to bring back all Indian people, and make all white people disappear. However,…
The Battle of Carchemish was a historic battle fought between Babylon, Media, Assyria, Egypt, and Israel. The battle was over who would dominatence in the Middle East. Babylon and Media hadave long been at war with Assyria for quite some time,, battling for control in the Middle East.** However, in 612 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Nineveh, Assyria’s capital. The Assyrian lLeaders escaped to Haran from Nineveh, and tried to rebuild an army. Nebuchadnezzar then came to Haran in 610 B.C. and completely destroyed it, but the Assyrian leaders oncehad again escaped, this time to Carchemish. With Assyria on the ropes at Carchemish, Nebuchadnezzar would try to deliver the final blow to the Assyrian empire***.…
The Artillery of the Potomac Army at Gettysburg, achieved victory through the “King of Battle” and integration of the Union maneuver commanders (Steve, 2014). Combat experience demonstrated seasoned leadership. The superiority of the Union artillery over their confederate counterparts was not only the number of guns employed, but also, it was the manner of how the Union commanders employed the artillery under their command (Steve, 2014). Proper integration of assets can determine the battlefield in moments. Hence, the concept of today’s utilization of artillery supporting the maneuver elements, has not drastically changed. (Steve, 2014)…
He found out that the French had already beat him to this site and they had erected another fort there. The next day the Virginians attacked a French scouting party killing ten soldiers including the commander, and capturing twenty one others. The Indians that were with the Virginians tomahawked and scalped many of the French soldiers who had been wounded in the attack. The soldiers who were mutilated and died were the first people to die in the French and Indian war. Washington and his group left and set up a fort that was called Fort Necessity. However on July 3, 1754, French soldiers attacked the fort killing or wounding a third of Washington’s men before he surrendered. France was now in control of the Ohio land that had caused so many fights and arguments in the beginning.…