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Category Archives: American Military
A New England Man
Introduction In 1755, British colonists had a full plate: French soldiers and their Indian allies were killing British settlers, parliament was finding ways to increase everyone’s taxes, and the British monarch, who couldn’t speak English, was mentally ill. Amazingly, there was … Continue reading
The Last Battle
Introduction For some unknown reason, most people think that Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse was the end of the American Civil War. It wasn’t. Lee’s surrender did take place on 9 April 1865, … Continue reading
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Memorial Day
Each year, the people of the United States set aside the last Monday in May to remember our fallen service members. The observance is a recent addition to the federal calendar, however. And how America’s various communities choose to observe … Continue reading
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Virginia Rangers
General Orders No. 30 War Department, Adjutant, and Inspector General’s Office Richmond, April 28, 1862 The following acts having passed both houses of Congress were duly approved by the president and are now published for the information of the army … Continue reading
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Pancho Villa
… and the Punitive Expedition of 1916 ____________ Introduction Historical negationism is an intentional distortion of the historical record. It attempts to revise the past by telling a different story about the people who participated in historical events. In most … Continue reading
The New Northwest Territory
Introduction There was a time when the territorial extent of British America began at the Atlantic seacoast and ended at the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. This boundary was an intentional restriction imposed upon the colonists by the British government, … Continue reading
The Northwest Indian War
Some Background In 1757, long before the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, Benjamin Franklin was sent to England by the Pennsylvania Assembly as a colonial agent to protest the political influence in Pennsylvania of the Penn family, the proprietors of … Continue reading
The Battle of the Generals
Introduction Seniority in the United States Armed Forces is determined by rank, date of rank, and in the case of two officers promoted to the same rank on the same date, by the last lineal number. It sounds confusing, but it … Continue reading
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