Battle of Fort Henry

Anne Hennis Trotter Bailey, also known as “Mad Anne” Bailey or “The White Squaw of the Kanawha”, is a notable war heroine and founding mother best known for her ride from Fort Lee to Fort Savannah. She is an excellent example of the courage and dedication many men and women alike demonstrated during the Revolutionary War. She served as a scout and a messenger in the Continental Army. Because of her adventurous attitude and male attire, she was considered an eccentric character for her time. Her…

soon to be Union. In 1858 in Utah he signed up with a U.S. Army out-post. During which he changed his name to Charles Hart, and began to exceed at the game of poker, challenging his friends in the Fort. Throughout this time his murderous tendencies rose with killings and thefts happening all over the Fort Bridger. While under an arrest warrant for the murders he fled once more into Kansas. While going to Kansas he joined up with anti-slavery group but it was only a whole ruse just to help stop…

The Battle of Vicksburg took place on May 18-July 4, 1863, located near the Mississippi River. Union Commander Ulysses S. Grant led with a count of about 77,000 men. While the Confederate commander led with about a total of 33,000 men. This was a very important turning point for both the union and confederate party, being that the Mississippi River was a very important spot for both. For the confederates, the supplies and goods that came from the south and the north were a vital lifeline of…

Fort Sumter was first implicit the wake of the War of 1812, which had highlighted the United States ' absence of solid waterfront resistances. Named for Revolutionary War general and South Carolina local Thomas Sumter, Fort Sumter was one of about 50 forts assembled as a feature of the supposed Third System, a waterfront barrier project actualized by Congress in 1817. The three-layered, five-sided fort 's beach front situation was intended to permit it to control access to the basic Charleston…

Following the First Battle of Bull Run, operations in the east reached a stalemate. In February of 1862, Under Ulysses S. Grant, the Union captured Fort Henry. This victory secured the lower half of the Tennessee River. On April 6, the Confederate army, lead by P.G.T Beauregard launched an attack on the Union militia. This was known as the Battle of Shiloh. The rebels moved Grant and his army back. Union forces, however improved and they defeated the Confederates. The North enjoyed another…

protect their rights. Therefore, if a monarch invades their rights they had authority to remove the monarch. John Locke’s Social Contract Theory shaped the United States later on. In 1773, the French and Indian War arised. The French started to build forts along the Ohio River and Lake Erie. The Virginia Colony also claimed the Ohio River and they were agitated about the French's actions. So they sent their militia and George Washington as the leader to order the French to leave. However the…

spying on the British. She would dress up as a man and go into the British camp pretending to be feeble minded so she could obtain information. Nancy also engaged in the war. Many say that Nancy may have been in the battle at Battle of Kettle Creek on February 14,…

the total number of slaves under him above 200. In July 1811 he was called to the Indiana Territory, where he assumed control of Fort Knox after the commandant fled. In only a few weeks, he was able to restore order in the garrison, for which he was lauded by Governor William Henry…

of New York, where Heyward Duncan and two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, are being escorted through the forest by Magua, an Indian of the Huron tribe. The purpose of the escort is to bring the sisters to visit their father, who is in the fort called William Henry in New York, which at the time was under attack by the French Army. Little do they know, however, is that Magua is actually one of the dreaded savages in the forest they were warned about, and he betrays the group by leading them into…

during the second war. Spain, at times, sided with the French. All fought with the support of Indian allies. In the end, France lost nearly all its land in North America. Britain gained most of the French territory, and Spain acquired the rest. Battle of Monongahela Location of Acadia Causes of the French and Indian wars. In 1689, England's colonies in North America lay along the Atlantic coast. Spain controlled Florida. French settlements lay to the north and west, from what are now…