Cavalry

There are five factors need to master which are moral influence, terrain, weather, generalship, and doctrine and law. It appears from what follows that Sun Tzu means by "Moral Law" a principle of harmony, not unlike the Tao of Lao Tzu in its moral aspect. One might be tempted to render it by "morale," were it not considered as an attribute of the ruler. The moral influence is translated from Tao. It usually rendered as ‘The Way’ or The Right Way’. It refers to the morality of the government,…

The Great Life of Michelangelo Michelangelo's knowledge in painting, sculpting and drawing influenced the way that western art was interpreted during the renaissance. All of this brought him to be in between the great artist of the Renaissance like Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. Michelangelo was known as “the divine one” for his sculptures which had set a new standard for painting the human body, one in which he explains that the body was just an actor but emotionally and expressive on its own…

The American land and water sudden, unwanted entry into a place of Iwo Jima, a key island in the Bonin chain roughly 575 miles from the Japanese coast, was started by the desire for a place where B-29 bombers damaged over Japan could land without returning all the way to the Marines , and for a base for escort fighters that would help in the bombing series of actions to reach a goal. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, and it was attacked by three marine…

achievement achieved by Hannibal, was when he crossing over the Alps in whilst fighting off guerrillas from the local tribes who moved heavy stones in their path. After 15 days of trying to cross, Hannibal had exited the Alps with 20,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry and 37 of his war elephants. Three years after crossing the Alps, He battled with Roman General Publius' army with little assistance from Carthage, but was able to kill lots of their men, at the expense of his own. He within 3 miles of…

Unit 3 - Synopsis of Reading "Socrates: A Life Examined", Pgs 61-91 In chapter 3 of Socrates: A Life Examined, author Luis E. Navia introduces us to a second Socratic testimony written by another one of Socrates’ contemporaries, Xenophon. Within this chapter we discuss some major bibliographical details of Xenophon and his involvement with Socrates. As well as his most important Socratic works, their significance with the Socratic problem, and their differences with writings of other…

He said that the soldiers just started to call him Stonewall Jackson… and it stuck. Another successful attack was when he was given command of 18,000 troops and asked to move through the Shenandoah Valley and threaten Washington. He and his “foot cavalry” covered some 676 miles in 48 marching days. He fought and won 5 battles, tied up three federal armies, and denied reinforcements to Maclean's force on the virginia peninsula. Jackson also organized extremely successful military maneuvers at…

The Union army advanced, driving back the skirmishers and captured the important high ground. Early’s cavalry offered little resistance, and the startled infantry were unable to face the attacking force. The Confederate defense collapsed from west to east as General Sheridan’s other corps joined in the assault. Early retreated to Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro…

figure from 3500 BCE to 1650 CE The Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonian (356-323). He was the son of the then King Philip II and Queen Olympia. Aristotle tutored him when he was a prince. The Alexander took the in charge of the Companion Cavalry when he was in his teens. When his father died, he got full support from the Macedonian Army and become the king. He was the great conqueror who covered more than 3000 miles of the ancient world (US History, 2014). He conquered the vast…

Union National Objective(s) With tensions rising on the issue of Slavery in the 1860s, and the secession of a number of Southern states, the American nation saw the beginnings of a Civil war start to unfold. With the secession of the South, there existed a feeling that the Union should maintained rather than separate. After tensions reached their breaking point, war broke out between the North and South with the main national objective for the Union was to reestablish and preserve the Union…

the plantation to help manage it. A few years later, Lee became superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He oversaw changes in curriculum and he also added a fifth year of schooling at the Academy. Later, he was stationed at a cavalry outpost in Texas for 6 years until the War Department ordered him to take care of John Brown, a radical abolitionist, and his men who were trying to seize the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry,…