Battle of Philippi

subject. The Peloponnesian wars are an important turning point for Sparta in their struggle to maintain their impressive appearance to the other Greek poleis. Athens was known for its impressive naval power, whilst Sparta dominated in the land based battles. The Archidamian war, the first in many wars involving Sparta, Athens and their allies, appears to have begun due to the Spartans feeling threatened by Athens' increasing power. As a polis now known for its strength and military prowess,…

Lincoln’s Transcendental Address In Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, Garry Wills discusses the influence that the transcendentalist movement had on Lincolns Gettysburg Address. The transcendentalist movement was brought about from the idea of transcendentalism; everyone has equal knowledge of themselves and the world beyond that, relating to what people see, hear, touch and feel. Throughout Wills chapter, titled “The Transcendental Declaration”, Wills argues that Lincolns…

Saving Private Ryan: Negative Argument Historical films matter, because for a lot of people, such films are where they get much of their knowledge of history from. After 300 came out, I noticed an increase in the number of my students who thought that Thermopylae was the reason the Persians lost that war, and Braveheart has certainly given people the idea that medieval Scots wore great kilts, when in reality the Scottish kilt is a late 16th century development. Small historical inaccuracies…

which was operated by his friend and former classmate George McClellan. Ambrose Everett Burnside may not have been a very successful general, for he lost a couple major battles that led to his firing, but he conducted successful campaigns…

October 3rd and 4th of 1993. This film displays a life threatening mission that the U.S. Army Rangers try to overcome. The mission is called to capture two Somalian war lords. Once the mission starts disaster is brought upon from the beginning of the battle to the end. Within the movie, Black Hawk Down, you follow the character of Sgt. Eversman, who leads The Ranger unit Chalk Four into the first crash cite of the Black Hawk Chopper. Although most of the movie is accurate there are some…

The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Texas and Mexico.The battle of Alamo was the most famous battle out of all the other wars.There was a battle because Mexico was raiding Texas and Mexico said if the United States made Texas a state that they were going to go to war. The United States ignored Mexico, thus Mexico went to war against Texas. The battle of Alamo took place near the present day city of San Antonio.Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the general for Mexico during the…

2) Battle of Gettysburg: This battle is considered one of the most important engagements in the Civil War. This battle resulted in over 50,000 casualties and went on for three days. General Robert E. Lee won over the Union forces at Chancellorsville in May, 1863, so he thought it to be fit to invade the North. In June, Lee began to send his troops northward. He headed up the Shenandoah valley, overran the union Garrison at Winchester and moved behind the Blue Ridge Mountains, which were used as…

Ewell. Ewell came from Northern Virginia. He had lost his leg not too long before Gettysburg, in The Second Battle of Bull Run. That battle had occurred August 28th to August 30th, 1862. Ewell was filling in for Lee’s deceased last Lieutenant, Stonewall Jackson who died in battle. He had big shoes to full, he had Union soldiers running from him and his soldiers. At this time in the battle, the Union army had 9,000 casualties. The Federals were retreating but they were being fired at. At about…

The desire for Persian kings such as Darius and Xerxes on their expeditions into Europe could stem from a great number of factors. The desire for more luxurious goods may have played a large role in the campaigns as Xerxes is described as refusing Athenian dates until he can take them himself without paying. Another motivation could be derived from the military tradition of the Persians, as each ruler was expected to campaign and be skilled fighters, somewhat forcing the hands of the Persian…

Gettysburg ,PA. The Civil War was changed America History. On July 1, 1863 the Union and the Confederate had a war on Gettysburg. The war end on July 3, 1863. The battle at Gettysburg, PA is also called “the bloodiest war of the Civil War ___________________________________ As y'all people know we at war since April 12, 1861. The first battle was at Fort Sumter, SC on April 12, 1861. The amount of kills were pitty. Now we have the Gettysburg war that ended yesterday. They were 7,863 deaths…