(1861-1865) were the Battle of Fort Sumter‚ the Battle of Gettysburg‚ and the Battle of Antietam. The first shots of the Civil War took place during the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12th - 13th‚ 1861). There were no casualties as a result of this battle‚ however‚ it is the event that sparked everything to follow. During the secession crisis that followed President Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860‚ many threats were made to Federal troops occupying forts in the South. Union Commander Robert
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British and the British had just recently built Fort Miamis. This fort was deep in American Territory‚ and stopped the Americans from further westward expansion. The tribes facing Wayne and his army were the Miamis‚ under Chief Little Turtle‚ the Shawnees under Blue Jacket and the Pottawawatomies‚ Ottawas‚ Chippewas‚ Saulk‚ Fox‚ and some Iroquios‚
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Dear Journal‚it took us a bit longer to reach the South Pass. It’s been hotter than hell‚ and I feel like I’ve lost my weight in sweat. The tires are so thin and the trail is so sandy that we get almost no traction. The continental divide was a neat landmark. I hadn’t known about it until the book told us. Tomorrow we’ll take the Sublette-Greenwood Cutoff‚ which just means more desert. My kids look like death‚ but they put on a brave face for my wife and I. Tomorrow we cross the river‚ and I think
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Introduction We have compiled together statistical information on certain crimes within two separate territories that are in a relatively close range. Both ranges carry a significant impact on one another and this is our attempt to show this‚ using factual findings. To begin‚ the specific territories are Modesto‚ California and Stockton‚ California‚ both of which are based in two different counties and neighbors one another. They both carry high crime rates; however‚ their economic stability is
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I. The Civil War Begins a. Confederates Fire on Fort Sumter i. Fort Sumter was a southern fort that remained in unions control ii. Lincoln declared her would neither reinforce Fort Sumter nor abandon it. 1. Next Jefferson Davis chose to attack Sumter which started the war a. Fort Sumter fell b. Virginia seceded b. Americans Expect a Short War iii. Union and confederate Strategies 2. The Union had
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before Minneapolis. This infuriated the manager of Custom Vans at Minneapolis‚ and after many heated discussions‚ Tony decided to start another manufacturing plant for Shower-Rifics at Fort Wayne‚ Indiana. The manufacturing plant at Fort Wayne could produce 150 Shower-Rifics per month. The manufacturing plant at Fort Wayne was still not able to meet current demand for Shower-Rifics‚
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He was a leader of the Cheyenne tribe after 1854 who led the efforts to resist American settlement in the west. He was a peace maker who accepted treaties to protect his people. After 1850‚ Cheyenne – Us relations were conducted under the treaty of Fort Laramie. But the US government was unwilling to control the white expansion into his great plains especially after Pikes Peak Gold Rush began in 1859. European Americans displaced the Cheyenne from their lands in violation of the treaty‚ and consumed
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the need arose. Neamathla became angered when‚ in 1817‚ U.S. troops built Fort Scott on the Flint River just 12 miles north of Fowltown. (Mahon‚ J. K.‚ 1998). Neamathla had claimed that the land east of the Flint River was Miccosukee land and warned Major Twiggs not to travel east of the Flint River or chop down any trees on the East side of the river or he would defend it at all cost. With the signing of the Treaty of Fort Jackson‚ southwest Georgia had now become U.S. territory‚ however Neamathla
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i History of Jaipur | Forts‚ palaces‚ architectural marvels and tales of valour‚ all in their own way‚ bear testimony to the glory that Jaipur is and was just after it was conceived by Sawai Jai Singh in 1727. Located 262 kilometers from Delhi‚ jaipur was the first planned city in northern India. Jaipur’s history dates back to the 12th century when the Kachchwaha clan o Rajputs arrived at the old fort palace of Amber in the Aravalli Hills. The Kachchwaha belonged to the Kshatriya‚ or the warrior
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Battle of Fort Sumter - April 12-14 - South Carolina - Confederate victory. Battle of Sewell’s Point - May 18–19 - Virginia - Inconclusive. Battle of Aquia Creek - May 29 – June 1 - Virginia - Inconclusive. Battle of Philippi - June 3 - West Virginia (then Virginia) - Union Victory. Battle of Big Bethel - June 10 - Virginia - Confederate victory. Battle of Boonville - June 17 - Missouri - Union victory. Battle of Cole Camp - June 19 - Missouri - Confederate victory. Battle of Hoke’s Run - July 2
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