Cavalry

The success of the Mongol army during the 1300s was due to the way that they integrated psychology, deception, intelligence, and efficiency into their battle tactics. Their strategies, which were considered quite remarkable for their time, have been employed by many militaries since the Mongol conquests. This is what the influence of the Golden Horde is attributed to. The unique strategies used will be one of their longest lasting legacies and have and will be used by many generations to come.…

A man by the name of Hannibal Barca, was a general for Carthage. He lived from 247 BC to 183 BC. He was known as Rome’s greatest enemy (Hoyos 1). He made his greatest impact during the Second Punic War against the Roman Empire. His animosity for the Romans was influenced by his father and his unique tactics used in the Second Punic War were innovative but they did not win him the war. Hannibal Barca’s hatred started when he born; he was born into a Roman-hating family. His father, Hamilicar…

leaders Philip and Alexander. Learning from the earlier Greek strategies and weapons, they invented better hand weapons such as the long sarissa spear, used better artillery, successfully arrange multiple troop units with different arms, fully use cavalry, and backed all this up with very smart logistics to dominate the battlefield not only in Greece but across large areas of Asia and set the pattern for warfare through Hellenistic and into Roman…

Spanish-American War Introduction Three years before Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States, then Colonel Theodore Roosevelt assembled a volunteer cavalry known as the “Rough Riders,” formally known as the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. The Rough Riders were one of just three volunteer cavalries assembled for the war and were the only one of the three to see combat. Roosevelt, the former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, pushed for American involvement in the…

one. The decision of the Greeks to fight is very unintuitive. When the Athenians and Parthians arrived at the bay of marathon they set up in a defensive position above the flat marshes. This was a very good position for the Greeks as the Persian cavalry would have a big advantage over the heavily armoured hoplites in the mashes. Neither the Greeks nor the Persians wanted to make a move because they would have to give up their strategic position. “Marathon was the place in Attica most suitable…

soldiers would carry either short swords or giant two handed broadswords. Other men would carry pikes which are in a sense very long spears that would normally be around 20 feet long. Because of their pointy tips pikes would commonly be used to "break a cavalry…

The Battle of Stirling Bridge was fought in Stirling, Scotland in 1297. The battle was fought between an English army commanded by John de Warenne and a rebel Scottish army jointly commanded by Andrew Moray and William Wallace, near the beginning of the First War of Scottish Independence. The English army greatly outnumbered the Scottish and possessed superior equipment. However, the Scottish carried the day, due to superior use of terrain and tactics. Wallace and Moray devised a plan to…

“All men who feel any power of joy in battle, know what it is like when the wolf rises in the heart” This quote, from Theodore Roosevelt, properly explains his, and the rough riders sense of joy from adventure, and the adrenaline from battle. Before Theodore Roosevelt became president, he led a group of men into battle in the Spanish American War. This battle is the reason he became so popular with the American public. Roosevelt and his rough riders saved the day at San Juan Hill, returning to…

Marmaduke’s Confederate cavalry division attacked the small Union garrison under Colonel Powell Clayton that had occupied Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) following the capture of Little Rock (Pulaski County) on September 10, 1863. The purpose was to return the strategic initiative to the Confederacy. Marmaduke led a force of some 2,000 Rebels out of Princeton (Dallas County) on October 24 to assault the 1,200 to 1,500 Union troopers of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry and the First Indiana Cavalry, which…

read. In 1859 Bill went to Denver for the gold rush. Bill did return in 1860 and he was immediately hired as a rider for the pony express. In 1861 he joined a local organization of Jayhawkers, and in 1863 he he served as a scout with the 9th Kansas Cavalry. “On March 6,1866 he married Louisa Frederick in St.Louis.” (Charles Scribner’s Sons) In 1916 Bill and his wife moved to Denver. Bills health wasn't that good and on January 10,1917 William Frederick Cody “Buffalo Bill” died. “Bills body was…