launched‚ St. Louis was the first of the gunboats to be outfitted and commissioned. Therefore‚ to the St. Louis goes the honor of being the first gunboat in the service of the United States. The first task of this fleet of ironclads was to take Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers respectively. General Ulysses S. Grant‚ and Commodore Andrew H. Foote‚ where in command of the western front of the war at the time and planned for the group of river-based
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de Montcalm saw how savage and cruel the Indians were to the British soldiers when the scalped and killed all wounded soldiers. Marquis called the Indians savages for causing cruelty under not need circumstances. The next victory for Marquis was at Fort William Henry‚ but when he saw the same from the Indians as before he told them that at the next battle there was to be no more ungodly things. The Indians had felt betrayed by the French‚ so started of the Massacre of William Henry. The Indians turned
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1. Lexington and Concord: The first battle of the Revolutionary War‚ fought in Massachusetts on April 19‚ 1775. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists’ military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. In Concord‚ advancing British troops met resistance from the Minutemen‚ and American volunteers harassed the retreating British troops along the Concord-Lexington Road. Paul Revere‚ on his famous ride‚ had first alerted the Americans to the British movement
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achievements was being a Civil War Nurse. Harriet started nursing in 1863. Just after 7 weeks of the Combahee River raid‚ the all-black Massachusetts 54th made their mark. This all happened on the Fort Wagner in the Charleston Harbor. Harriet served as a nurse for the wounded survivors. The assault on Fort Wagner has been the subject of a film. Without any pay she made pies and gingerbread houses and sold them. So on‚ another one of her greatest achievements was being underground railroad conductor
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Brown commanded forced in the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie in Kansas. Some of his followers killed 5 pro-slave supporters at Pottawatomie. The attacks in October 1859 on the federal armory and at Harpers Ferry are what led to his capture and being tried for murder and treason. On December 2nd‚ 1859 Brown was hung for murder and treason. (Reynolds‚ 2005) “I‚ John Brown‚ am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had‚ as I
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into The Capture of Detroit‚ the strength and speed that was needed to succeed in The Battle of Queenston Heights and the legacy that Isaac left the world when he passed. Sir Isaac Brock‚ along with his Native American partner Tecumseh‚ led the Canadian/British forces to victory in The Capture of Detroit. This letter was sent to Brigadier General William Hull (the enemy commander) by Isaac Brock; “The force at my disposal authorizes me to require of you the immediate surrender of Fort Detroit
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settled in the rich Ohio Valley‚ the French government began building forts to protect its interests there. In response‚ the British took measure to remove the French troops. In 1753‚ Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia sent George Washington‚ a 21 year old surveyor and major in the Virginia militia‚ with a message warning the French at Fort Le Boeuf that they occupied territory belonging to Virginia and insisting that they vacate the fort at once. when the French refused to leave‚ Washington took stock
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The article Rethinking Jamestown was written by Jeffery Sheler in January 2005 the article is about the Archaeological finds of the original fort built in 1607-1620. The author goes in depth of what artifacts were found‚ and when the artifacts were used. It also references how Jamestown was formed‚ and other facts about Jamestown the original fort. The author backs up his thesis with facts found in the archaeological finds of Jamestown along with historic writings from those who survive
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It captures the daring of the handful of Navy men who threw their fast PT-boat squadron against the Japanese in the first days of war. “Ford’s formal intention was to shoot within the realist conventions‚ a war‚ time battle epic about people and conditions that
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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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