Battle of Fort Henry

In early August, 600 Cheyenne warriors attacked a haymaking party at Fort C.F. Smith. In the battle that followed, known as the Hayfield Fight, the Indian braves suffered heavy losses because of the soldiers’ new weapons (Sanford, William R. “The 23). Although the soldiers had gained the victory, the warriors refused to give up. Wagon Box fight at Fort Phil Kearny on August 2nd resulted in heavy losses on the Native Americans’ side, again because of the new weapons…

Lee and the North Virginia Army to come to terms of surrender. Grant and his men took a different approach to fighting this war. While many other forces of the Union were more focused on taking over towns and forts, Grant was focused on chasing down General Robert E. Lee. The Civil War finally came closer to ending when Grant had chased down the Confederate troops to Appomattox Courthouse. It was here that Robert E. Lee finally surrendered in 1865. In the…

Lieutenant Loreta Janeta Velazquez was born on June 26, 1842 to a wealthy family in Cuba. When she was 7 she was sent to school in New Orleans, where she lived with her aunt. In 1856, when Loreta was 14, ran away secretly to marry an officer in the Texan army. When Texas seceded from the Union in 1861, her husband joined the Confederate army and Velazquez pleaded with him to allow her to join him. When her husband refused Loreta had a uniform made and disguised herself as a man, using the man…

he learned from the Generals. After the battle, he was highly complimented for his bravery and tactics. Even though he was complimented, he felt that the war was…

I would love to have dinner with George Washington because I want to hear about all of these accomplishments and how it was like being the very first president of the United States. George Washington was the last soldier standing out of 86 soldiers. He was also the only surviving soldier of the militia army. There seems to be a story that described him as “bullet proof president”, and that is what interests me into meeting Mr. Washington. During his lifetime was called “father of his country.”…

War has been a difficult time for many people, and sometimes the victor isn’t always clear. America did not clearly win the War of 1812. The government was weakened from the start of the war because Jefferson had repealed taxes, reduced the number of people in government, and passed the Embargo Act years earlier. The war hawks overlooked the weak power of the United States military and misjudged the power of the military of the British, so as a result the nation wasn’t prepared going into the…

The first major battle was the First Battle of Bull Run which snapped the Union into reality that this war might last more than just a couple of months and gave the Confederates a sense that they might actually win this war. Before this war General McDowell didn’t think the army was ready and that was proven during this battle. The objective of the battle was to capture the town of Manassas, which was an important rail road junction south…

2016 The First Battle of Bull Run The first major land battle of the American Civil War, the battle of Bull Run, commenced on July 21, 1861. If the Union won, the war would most likely be over having only fought two battles. Because the Confederate won though, the war continued for almost five more years and was the cause of death for over 600,000 more men, around 2% of the population. At this point in history, The Battle of Bull Run was the bloodiest battle in American…

the base of Operations for General Burnsides, on 29 August 1861, Port Royal on 7 November, followed by a handful of ports in both Georgia and Florida. Then in the west troops operations began with an Operation from Grant to take Fort Henry on 6 February and soon after Fort Donaldson on 13 February. In each campaign, save for the Naval operations, there seemed to be little gains on either side and usually from looks from the maps that the War was a large-scale tug of war for the first year or…

to the orders of their father, they first embark on a journey to be reunited with their father, who is in charge of a fort. The sisters are constantly linked to men as their actions are shaped by men. In the opening scene, Cora is shown playing the harp as Major…