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capture. He also received word from New York City that the British fleet would depart on October 12th to attempt to break the siege, but Cornwallis responded by saying that he would not be able to hold out for long. “By October 12th the British troops were aboard the warships and ready to leave New York. The next day, just before the ships…

VICKSBURG: A TIPPING POINT IN THE CIVIL WAR USAACE NCOA SSG Chad M. West 15Z SLC 17-003 SFC Maradol The Battle of Vicksburg was a collective land and naval battle that ensured a strategic location for the Union Army (Burden, 2000). Although, not as well-known as the Battle of Gettysburg or Fort Sumter, this was a tremendous victory for the Union Army as it helped to establish a much needed supply chain. Also, to note, the actual timeframe of the battle only lasted a couple of months,…

Alexander Hamilton attributes to The United States of America Hamilton works for the America can be forgot at times and seeing not as amazing as they truly are. He did amazing things for the beginning of America that are still be using today. Alexander's upbringing wasn't easy but it gave him the drive to exceeded as much as possible through his works as a political scientist, government official, journalist, military leader, economist, and lawyer. He affected the creation of America in…

Historical Fiction I. Book Selection - The book Young Patriots is compiled by short stories tell through the eyes of children. The book goes through the different events and battles that occurred during the American revolution. One of the short stories is dedicated to the surrender of the British in Yorktown, Virginia. The story begins by focusing on the betrayal of a friendship between Ben (American) and Rodney (English troop drummer). The story is told through Ben’s eye as he witnesses the…

calling him father (Howe-Verhovek and Rimer). Children were punished in a harsh physical manor for mistakes as small as spilling milk. They were spanked severely, leaving round marks on the buttocks of children who were released during the 51-day siege (Howe-Verhovek and Rimer). After Koresh had convinced his adult followers that their joining the cult would be fulfilling and full of acceptance, he needed to control them. He did this by exerting total control over everything, including children.…

The Siege of Sarajevo was an event in which two-hundred thousand people lost their lives. The book I had the pleasure of reading was “The Cellist of Sarajevo” by Steven Galloway. The purpose of this literature was to bring light to the “Siege of Sarajevo” that occurred between 1992 and 1996 and to show the humanity/inhumanity found within. The novel elicits many ideas which can be narrowed down to: war, symbolism, structure, character developments and historical context which will all be…

“Bad things will happen, and I have learned to accept that, but if bad things didn’t happen to us, if we didn’t have those moments of weakness, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the good nearly as much,” said Rebecca Denny in 2011 (Truesdell). On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed by Anti-Government militant Timothy McVeigh and Co-Conspirator Terry Nichols. The Oklahoma City Bombing was known as the most threatening terrorist attacks to happen in the…

Born to one of the most illustrious families in France and the only surviving member by age twelve, Lafayette became one of the nation’s wealthiest noblemen, whose annual income amassed to 120,000 livres, a fortune bolstered by his marriage to Adrienne Noailles, the second daughter of a family of equal prosperity and prestige among the royal court, if not more. Coming from a lineage of legendary warriors, it should come as no surprise that Lafayette too entered the military, though he was…

The foremost and consummate antichrist type in the Bible is Antiochus Epiphanes. In the book, “The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance”, author Clare Lapraik Guest, states that his processions, “contained temporal allegories and robed statues of the gods plus mythological scenes.” In 168 B.C. he conquered Jerusalem, and inside the Jewish temple, slaughtered a pig on an idol he built to the god, Jupiter. In referencing the Abomination of Desolation in the book of Daniel, Christ…

In 1775 the Revolutionary War started. The main reason of this was that New England wanted to break away from England’s government. The British Commander Charles Cornwallis was the one to go to battle at York town against the American commander George Washington. On the way to York town, Cornwallis had to overcome many other battles that he won. In my opinion commander Charles Cornwallis, could easily have been the down fall of the American Revolution with all of his previous expedients and…