Bayonet

On Monday, May 22, 1865, a small band of soldiers from the 22nd and 28th Iowa regiments left their camp. The night before, there had been a heavy rainstorm. Their destination was a large peach orchard not far from the rows of white canvas. In previous visits to the orchard, soldiers had discovered a kennel of “bloodhounds,” ferocious animals trained for the pursuit of enslaved people and believed by the soldiers to have been used in the apprehension of Union soldiers who escaped from Confederate…

On the afternoon May 22, 1865, a small band of soldiers from the 22nd and 28th Iowa regiments left their camp. There had been a heavy rain the night before. Their destination was a large peach orchard not far from the rows of white canvas. Some of the men had visited the orchard before. They had discovered a kennel of “bloodhounds,” ferocious animals whom they knew were once used in the pursuit of enslaved people and believed had been placed on the trail of Union prisoners of war. The owner of…

book WWI: Technology and Weapons of War, written by Mclean Torrey, “One of the most famous weapons was the Gewehr 98, a German standard issue bolt action rifle.” This weapon was mass produced for many soldiers for its reliability and effectiveness. Bayonets were often used on weapons like the Gewehr due their poor, close quarters combat. Many bolt action rifles tried to follow this design, and the 98 was never beaten in terms of effectiveness in…

The significance of War Communism implemented by the Bolshevik Party from 1918-1921 can be measured in a number of different ways such as how it represented an important turning point for the Soviet Union, how it affected many Russian people and their lives, how it led to other important events, the impact it had on industry and the economy and how it had long-term political consequences. Although War Communism was significant for all those reasons mentioned above it was most significant because…

toppled onto one pinning the German to the ground. I fired my enfield and struck a German who then toppled over. I then turned my attention next one, before I could do anything he fired his luger and hit me in the shoulder. I lunged at him with my bayonet, but he jumped out of the way. Before, he could fire again though I swung my rifle around hitting him with the butt he toppled over and I stabbed…

decolonization is always a violent process because of the violence used to start the colonization in the first place. According to Fanon, Decolonization must include violence because the “exploitation of the native the settler occurred through the use of bayonets and cannons.” The purpose of the this whole chapter is to state the need for the natives to fight for control of their homeland and to decrease/destroy the social divisions that were put in place to divide the natives both physically…

to die. I’d dream of a battlefield, with my friend left of me. I remembered going over the top, and getting shot at repetitively. Hiding behind a ruined home, just waiting for the gunfire to stop. Then, a german soldier would cut the corner with a bayonet piercing my heart. After that just, poof, I’m in my well-made, comfortable cotton mattress. I wasn’t the only one fighting memories of the war. My friend, Private Mumford, a british solider that decided to take a vacation in the states after…

occasion, Nathanael Greene who pushed General Cornwallis out of North Carolina towards Yorktown, which led to the surrender of the British. Anthony Wayne also won a seemingly impossible battle at Stony Point, New York, where he and his men only used bayonets to fight, and won. When we hear the word "hero" we think of Batman or Superman, but seeing such heroes in real life and their victorious battles would be a once in a lifetime deal for…

Queen Liliuokalani: A Queen to Remember Lydia Kamakaeha, more formally known as Queen Liliuokalani, was a person who inspired so many, and did so much good in her life to help her people, and was extremely influential in the history of Hawaii. She was the first female monarch in the Kingdom of Hawaii and was also the last ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii before her kingdom was forced from her and her people. Lydia was also an artist who wrote many songs; which are popular songs to this day.…

Blacksmiths in the 1850s played a huge role in the making of weapons, such as swords, knives, bayonets, and lots of different types of guns, including infantry rifles, dueling pistols, and repeating carbines. As history advanced, blacksmiths began to make fewer weapons as they could be made by machines. After the industrial revolution, blacksmiths…