Battle of Fort Henry

After six weeks of fighting with many casualties on both sides, the then governor of Minnesota, Henry Sibley led a final onslaught against the Dakota Indians. The Dakota warriors were subdued and captured; about three hundred and three Sioux warriors were tried and sentenced to murder for their involvement in the war. Out of the number, thirty-eight of the warriors were publicly executed on December 29, 1962; the rest was commuted to various life sentences by Abraham Lincoln, who was the…

Music can have severe implications on life, especially during times of war, and the Civil War era is no exception. Anterior to Fort Sumter in South Carolina, enslaved African Americans were singing songs in the fields about freedom and living without the bonds of slavery. Abolitionists and slavery supporters alike produced and sang songs to bring indecisive members of the public to their side. Indeed, there were many quabbles over slavery, and ever since the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787,…

is why this why that, when someone tells you to do something you say "why" when someone tells you this is important you also say “why” well today I'm going to prove to you “why” The Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham is important to you, me and the Canadian history itself. One day the french captured Fort William Henry by laying siege on the British, the British were allowed to go back to their territory because it was an old European tradition the first nations and the Acadians felt why to let…

This poem is a written form of American patriotism, the declaration of America as a sovereign country in the world. The moment captured in this song is a Key’s witness testimony of the dramatic moment of American victory over the British invasion of Fort McHenry marked by the flag flying at “dawn’s early light”; it describes the true heart of America as “the land of the free and the brave.” Although this song intended to be the glory and pride of America, its tunes come from a deceptive origin:…

After seceding from the Union, Confederates attacked the fort, demanding the Union to surrender it because the fort was located on their territory. Fort Sumter symbolizes the broken peace between the South and North as they lose their unison as a country and go into war. The Confederate’s rebellion challenged Abraham Lincoln to decide on the starvation of…

scalp from his body but as proven by the aforementioned article, it was not uncommon for a white settler to scalp a Native American after they kill them. Colonists took great pride in victory over the Native Americans in battles. This is exemplified by an excerpt from a letter to Henry Bouquet published in The Pennsylvania Gazette. The writer boasts of the “Victory over the Savage Enemy,” indicating the Native Americans allied with the French. However, there is good reason…

Elizabeth wanted him to be a Presbyterian minister. However, young Jackson quickly dashed off into his own childhood antics. He was known to be quite the prankster and was always getting himself into trouble with his stubborn attitude. However, the battles of the Revolutionary War that raged throughout the Carolinas had a traumatic impact on Jackson’s early life. At a…

army officers were incompetent.” One of the more notable accomplishments of these attempts is the fall of Isaac Hull. While the battles on land were a disaster, the U.S navy provided a tremendous boost to American morale. The British navy on the other hand, was stunned. While battling over seas with France, the British only lost a total of five battles midst, out of the 200 they took part in. The first victory by U.S naval commander Isaac Hull against…

politics. Overall, the Orders in Council got great respect among the British people. The Orders of Council was eventually suspended and the British believed the Americans would not take Canada because of this. However, James Madison went right to battle and tried to take Canada right away from the British. The British were very uninterested in fighting the United States. “Their main goal of this war was to keep the United States from taking Canada”( ). The army for the British was made up of…

The French and Indian War Why didn’t France considered that their weakness affected them in losing the war? The French and Indian War or also known as the Seven Year War was one of the largest battles between England and France for the control of the Ohio River Valley. Both Britain and France main goal to achieve was to benefit their mother country while trying to supply good to their homeland that they couldn’t get anywhere else. It started with France in the early 1750s trying to…