Artillery

The Battle of Gettysburg The Civil war began on April 12th, 1861, only a month after Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States. The war began with a confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. After the secession of seven southern states, the state demanded that the U.S. Army abandon all of its bases contained within the Charleston Harbor. This was just the beginning of the bloodiest war in American history. The war comprised of approximately fifty major battles,…

The Battle of Verdun which lasted from 21 February 1916, considered as the greatest battle of attrition in history. Never before or since has been there been such a drawn out battle, involving so many men, situated on such a small piece of land. In New York times article " Verdun not Menaced yet : Battle involves only advanced posts, 2 miles from outer Defer" published just three days after the war broke out talks about how both German and France was starting to heat up for the war. The article…

Wisconsin brought forth 91,379 soldiers for the Union Army, and these men were organized into 53 Infantry Regiments, 4 Calvary Regiments, a company of Berdan’s shooters, 13 light artillery batteries and 1 unit of heavy artillery. The First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 3 months, was assembled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was rallied into State Service on April 27, 1861 then left for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 9, 1861 (Wisconsin in the Civil War 2012), John C. Starkweather was the Colonel.…

Confederate reinforcements arrived via railroad from Gen. Joseph Johnston's army in the Shenandoah Valley, among them a brigade of Virginians under Gen. Thomas J. Jackson. Jackson organized a defense of Henry Hill bolstered by artillery. McDowell also ordered more infantry and artillery to Henry Hill, where the fiercest fighting of the new war occurred. Additional Confederate reinforcements broke the Union right flank, and Jackson held his ground on Henry Hill "like a stone wall." Under…

1754, near Trenton, New Jersey, Mary was the daughter of a dairy farmer. She moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania and married a barber named William Hays at 13 years old. When the war began her husband enlisted and became a gunner in the Pennsylvania Artillery. As for Mary, she was seen on the war record two years later as a camp-follower during the Pennsylvania Campaign (1777-1778). Legend states that during the Battle of Monmouth, Mary…

Captain James Totten Introduction Company F of the Second Artillery was under fire at 0100 hours on August 10, 1861, during the battle of Wilson’s Creek, MO. The union soldiers exhibited uncondi-tional courage fighting an unknown. Captain Totten's soldiers led the centerline of the battle with 6 guns in Major Peter J. Osterhuas's battalion, subsequently part of the 1st Brigade. Totten's soldiers were unequivocal in determining the locations of the con-federate's lines. Their leader, Captain…

Henry of Portugal wished to overcome Islam and spread the religion of Christianity there; meanwhile, the challenge of advancement of artillery was generally a tactic used in order for overtaking, such as Ivan IV in Russia. In this advancement of weaponry also laid an element of fear. While some used it to gain power and take over with it, others such as the steppe nomads of Russia refused…

During the Vietnam War, non combatant roles served as off the battlefield support squadrons helping the military function and according to “ My Future” about “85 percent of today’s enlisted military jobs are non-combatant” (My Future 1). Steven Ruud served as non combatant mechanical engineer during 1968-1970, eight weeks of his term were spent at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Steven was assigned to the 1099th TC or Transportation Company Medium Boat Company which surrounded the port of Cat Lai. Ruud…

Introduction The origin of operation Market Garden laid in the overwhelming success of Operation Overlord, in June of 1944. This operation, which included the Battle of Arnhem, not long after the D-day landings, became one of the largest Airborne battles in history. Other than operation Overlord, it was the only other operation by the allies to use airborne forces as a strategic role in the European front. The operation had a massive engagement. The main two combatants in this operations…

drops for resupply (Trueman, 2015). To make matters worse, Colonel Charles Piroth, the French artillery commander, committed suicide with a hand grenade on the second day due to his inability to counter fire the Viet Minh batteries (Cavendish, 2004). T’ai troops, loyal to the French, deserted their positions allowing additional strongholds to be overthrown. This superior number of Viet Minh artillery permitted Giap's plan of attack to cripple the French resupply by air.…