American History -- This Battle Overflow Flashcards
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This series uses Bernice Reagon’s a cappella rendition of “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder” as a recurring musical theme.
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us civil war
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Immediately prior to this battle, John S. Bowen was defeated at the Battle of Big Black River.
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siege of vicksburg
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Originally, General Joseph Hooker was to lead one side’s troops into battle, but was replaced by George Meade.
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the battle of gettysburg
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General Anthony MacAuliffe famously declared “Nuts!”
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Matthew Brady gained fame for journaling this war through photography, and a speech given during this war closed with a resolution that a “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this earth.”
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us civil war
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Before this battle, one side had received reinforcements from Perfecto de Cos, and forces led by Deaf (“deef”) Smith had burned down Vince’s Bridge, leading to mass drowning following a rout into the river.
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battle of san jacinto
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Joshua Chamberlain defended the site of Little Round Top in this battle.
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the battle of gettysburg
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The Convention of 1800 and the eventual Louisiana Purchase led to normalization of relations between the two nations fighting in this conflict.
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quasiwar
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A project at Birkenhead later led that nation to pay over $15,000,000 in the Treaty of Washington to the victor in this conflict, despite the earlier capture of Mason and Slidell.
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us civil war
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Fighting in this war broke out in Charleston Harbor at the Battle of Fort Sumter.
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us civil war
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This conflict was partially sparked by accusations of one country slant-drilling into the Rumaila (*) oil field.
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first gulf war
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A cavalry charge by Colonel Sidney Sherman the day before this military confrontation did very little.
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Guerillas in this war were prominent in rural areas and included Bloody Bill and William Quantrill.
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us civil war
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Stand Watie led forces in two battles at Cabin Creek in this war, which saw the arrival of the forces of Don Carlos Buell help one side win a battle in which they also held the (*) Sunken Road.
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us civil war
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A lack of food in Amherstburg forced Robert Barclay to attack and lose to an enemy naval squadron based at (*) Put-In-Bay.
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the war of 1812
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Twenty-one soldiers crossed the Canadian border and robbed three banks in St. Albans, Vermont during this war.
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us civil war
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This conflict began after John (*) Oldham was murdered on his way to Block Island and ended after the “Great Swamp Fight” near Fairfield.
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pequot war
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During this conflict, Silas Talbot led an expedition to capture the neutral city of Puerto Plata to upset one side’s shipping operations.
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quasiwar
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Taxes on households brought on to fund this conflict directly led to Pennsylvania’s Fries’s [[FREEZES]] Rebellion, with the namesake auctioneer being charged with treason using the recently passed Alien and Sedition Acts.
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quasiwar
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During part of this battle the Chickasaw broke off to engage Fort Powell and Dauphin Island was evacuated.
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battle of mobile bay
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This war was sparked by Macon’s Bill No. 2, and Tecumseh died during its Battle of the Thames.
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the war of 1812
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Walter Short and Husband Kimmel were guilty of “dereliction of duty” in this event, according to the Roberts Commission.
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second world war or world war ii
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An admiral in this battle had himself tied to the rigging of theTecumseh to better see a bombardment of a rebel fort.
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battle of mobile bay
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But the destruction of Vince’s Bridge by Deaf Smith and two others cut off the opposing army’s only escape route, and despite being outnumbered 2-to-1, the 750 Texans won the battle.
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battle of san jacinto
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Despite appealing to the President to raise an independent army to fight this battle, press-loving John McClernand was dismissed from command of the XIII (thirteenth) Corps during it.
siege of vicksburg
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Despite facing an army twice his size, the winning commander at this battle divided his troops and forced the Union army led by (*) Joseph Hooker to retreat across the Rappahannock.
battle of chancellorsville
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In preparation for this battle, boats under David Dixon Porter successfully got past DeSoto Point despite enemy fire.
siege of vicksburg
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A failure to post sentries during one army’s siesta was one of the mistakes made here by Santa Anna.
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Daniel Sickles’ advance into an exposed position may have inadvertently turned the tide of this battle, during which Lewis (*) Armistead’s brigade failed to hold a stone wall known as “The Angle” at what has been referred to as the “high water mark of the confederacy.”
the battle of gettysburg
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One war simultaneous to this one saw its namesakes’ Red Sticks faction attack the southeastern US, the Creek War.
the war of 1812
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The first major ground engagement in this war was the Battle of Khafji.
first gulf war
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Lee claimed that he had “lost his right hand” after a Confederate general in this battle was killed by friendly fire.
battle of chancellorsville
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Ammunition stores surrendered during this battle exploded two weeks after the end of the war, devastating the wharf of a nearby city.
battle of mobile bay
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Important advances made during this war include the invention of the gatling gun.
us civil war
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After this battle, William Tecumseh Sherman was given control of the Army of the Tennessee.
siege of vicksburg
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In the aftermath of this conflict, the Berceau was returned to one side after it was captured by the USS Boston .
quasiwar
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“Fighting Joe” Wheeler was unable to storm the garrison at (*) Las Guasimas in one of this conflict's battles, while another saw hot air balloon reconnaissance over Hell's Pocket and Kettle Hill.
the spanishamerican war
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One side in this battle set up a barricade at Cliveden, which was stormed by John Laurens's soldiers.
battle of germantown
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Great Britain paid damages to the victor of this war in the (*) Alabama claims.
us civil war
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The actions of General Richard Page during this battle, like spiking his own cannons and emptying his gunpowder into a nearby reservoir during a siege of Fort Morgan, led to his court martial.
battle of mobile bay
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The policy of “forty acres and a mule” originates from Special Field Orders given during this event.
us civil war
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The Battle of Kellogg's Grove during this war included Abraham Lincoln's only personal combat experience.
black hawk war
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Lafayette McLaws defeated John Sedgwick’s Sixth Army Corps at Salem Church and drove them back to Banks’ Ford during this battle.
battle of chancellorsville
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John Laurens was wounded in the shoulder during this battle, two months after which the winner tried to engage at (+) White Marsh.
battle of germantown
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Oliver Hazard Perry won the Battle ofLake Erie during this war, and Francis Scott Key described this war in “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
the war of 1812
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This war’s namesake “syndrome” may have been caused by an anti-nerve agent drug called PB.
first gulf war
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During one battle in this war, Laura Secord warned James FitzGibbon of an impending attack from a force marching from Fort George.
the war of 1812
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At this battle, the presence of naval mines led Rear Admiral David Farragut to say "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
battle of mobile bay
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During this battle, the purported creator of baseball, Abner Doubleday, was removed from command.
the battle of gettysburg
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William Hardee refused to surrender at the end of this campaign and instead fled on a makeshift pontoon bridge.
us civil war
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One campaign in this war was defeated at the battles of Mesilla and Glorieta Pass.
us civil war
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Some men who participated in this battle were James C. Neill and the later president of a certain polity, Mirabeau Lamar.
battle of san jacinto
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Calvary raids by Earl van Dorn and Nathan Bedford Forrest stopped the first attempt at this battle, which Lincoln referred to as “the key” to ending the war.
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During this war, the heavy bombing of Highway 80 led to it being nicknamed the “Highway of Death.”
first gulf war
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This battle began with the defeat of Oliver Howard.
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During this war, the Lend-Lease Act allowed the United States to provide military supplies to one side.
second world war or world war ii
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What will the country say?”
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The nickname “Flying Dutchmen” was given to Oliver Otis Howard’s XI Corps during this battle.
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Wendell Phillips claimed “that the question of [this period]” would “soon become the dominant topic of the day.”
us civil war
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One conflict in this battle saw forces under Stephen van Rensselaer unsuccessfully attack Queenston Heights, leading to the death of defender Isaac Brock.
the war of 1812
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During this battle, the smaller Battle of Milliken’s Bend secured Union control.
siege of vicksburg
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Horton Foote and Sam Waterston provide voice-overs for this series, which popularized Sullivan Ballou's final letter to his wife and the composition "Ashokan Farewell."
us civil war
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George S. Cook documented the toll of this conflict, which was examined in Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust, a historian known for studying the role of women in this war.
us civil war
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Sac and Fox Indians returned from Iowa back into Illinois, causing a panicking governor to summon the militia and pursue the Indian’s leader.
black hawk war
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During this war, the John Mason and John Underhill-led militia committed the (+) Mystic Massacre, prompting their Narragansett allies to attempt to return home.
pequot war
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This overall campaign included engagements at Big Black River Bridge and (*) Champion Hill.
siege of vicksburg
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During this war, the Ringle Report was ignored by John L. DeWitt, who suggested the use of facilities like Heart Mountain.
second world war or world war ii
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Henry Dodge gained national recognition in the U.S. for his conduct during this war, overall U.S. command of which was given to Henry Atkinson.
black hawk war
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A major primary source of this event is the “relation” of Lion Gardiner, who fired on a group of vessels despite the presence of Abraham Swain's daughters.
pequot war
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Shortly after this city fell, another Union victory in the same theatre was secured in the Battle of Port Hudson.
siege of vicksburg
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Operation Secret Squirrel began a day before this operation officially started and demonstrated the power of CALCM missiles in the longest-ever flight combat mission.
first gulf war
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Technological advancements made during this war included the development of Springfield rifles that loaded Minie balls and the invention of the (*) Gatling gun.
us civil war
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In one crisis from this war, diplomats James Mason and John Slidell were captured aboard a British mail steamer in the (*) Trent Affair.
us civil war
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The New Orleans riot and the Memphis riots occurred during this period, leading to support for a bill that notably was ratified by Tennessee.
us civil war
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Prior to this conflict, the ransom of Tatobem's corpse prompted the retaliatory murder of John Stone, and it saw John Mason immolate hundreds of civilians in an action that failed to kill its target Sassacus, who was with a Niantic raiding party.
pequot war
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One cause of this conflict was concern over camps set up by “Butcher” Weyler, while another was examined by William Sampson and Hyman Rickover, who corrected the Vreeland Report.
the spanishamerican war
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One of those ships was eventually captured by Captain Thomas Truxton, commander of the USS Constellation, and was taken as a prize to Saint Kitts during this war.
quasiwar
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Upon hearing about this battle, one leader allegedly cried, “My God!
battle of chancellorsville
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An ill-fated attack on Cemetery Ridge led to massive casualties for the South, and was known as (*) Pickett’s Charge.
the battle of gettysburg
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Heavy fog characterized this battle, which was a victory for William (+) Howe two weeks after the Battle of Paoli Tavern.
battle of germantown
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This conflict’s western theater ended after the Battle of Glorieta Pass.
us civil war
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During this war, Andrew Gould was stabbed with a pen-knife by Nathan Bedford Forrest, who he shot in the hip.
us civil war
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Bruce Catton wrote a three-part narrative history of this war.
us civil war
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The major ship on one side of this battle was the Tennessee, though the Fort Morgan guns played a larger role for the defenders.
battle of mobile bay
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This theater of a larger war targeted an area which had earlier been oppressed by the concentration camps of "Butcher" Weyler.
the spanishamerican war
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In a battle in this war, Daniel Ruggles fired 50 cannons into the “Hornet’s Nest.”
us civil war
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This event was preceded by the issuing of the “Fourteen Part Message.”
second world war or world war ii
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This conflict opened with Isaiah Stillman's flight after he and his Illinois militia were attacked by the British Band.
black hawk war
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In a speech he gave during this war, one leader described receiving a message stating “don’t frighten us by telling us the facts.”
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after being demanded to surrender at the Battle of the (*) Bulge in this war.
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Arthur Fremantle's observations of John Wool during a major incident in this larger conflict led him to publish a book incorrectly predicting its outcome.
us civil war
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Before this battle, George Stoneman failed in an attempt to destroy the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to cut enemy supply lines.
battle of chancellorsville
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In its first installment, Paul Roebling reads a letter ending "think I am gone and wait for me, for we shall meet again" as a Jay Ungar piece plays.
us civil war
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During this campaign, anger over the retreat of a group of German soldiers led them to be infamously called the “Flying Dutchmen.”
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Occurring shortly after the burning of Harrisburg in a late campaign to take the coast, it ended the Runaway Scrape.
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Soldiers in this campaign were fed toxic "embalmed beef" purchased by Russell Alger.
the spanishamerican war
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This battle was preceded by fighting at Port Gibson and Champion’s Hill.
siege of vicksburg
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One conflict in the wake of this war arose when John Bates negotiated a bizarrely slavery-tolerant treaty, leading to the bloody Moro uprisings.
the spanishamerican war
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Cavalry under General Stoneman were sent to destroy railroad supply lines at the start of this battle, and forces under Anderson convened at Zoan Church prior to this conflict.
battle of chancellorsville
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During this unnamed military campaign, an officer drafted a "round robin" letter asking that sick troops be sent home after that request was ignored by William Shafter, the massively overweight general in charge of this campaign.
the spanishamerican war
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Philosopher Jean Baudrillard argued that this conflict “did not take place” in a collection of three essays.
first gulf war
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During this war, Captain William Bainbridge, commander of the USS Retaliation, surrendered after he mistakingly believed the ships he encountered were his allies.
quasiwar
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Abraham Lincoln compared the object of this battle to a key in one speech.
siege of vicksburg
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Eduard de Stoeckl, Richard Lyons, and Charles Francis Adams were key diplomats during it, while a Lancashire famine helped dictate one nation's response to it.
us civil war
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An early form of the minutemen led by future governor John Endecott participated in this war, burning wigwams near the Thames
pequot war
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Early fighting at this battle occurred in Devil’s Den and Plum Run Valley.
the battle of gettysburg
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An (*) “ironclad oath” at the beginning of this era was part of a bill that was pocket vetoed by a president who favored the Ten Percent Plan instead of the Wade-Davis Bill.
us civil war
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Pillagers called “bummers” stole supplies during this event.
us civil war
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Selective Availability was turned off prior to this conflict so that civilian-grade Trimpacks could be used.
first gulf war
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At this engagement, the appropriately named Confederate leader States Rights Gist attempted to reinforce Joseph Pemberton's besieged troops.
siege of vicksburg
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The victors of a battle in this war were reinforced on its second day by Carlos Buell.
us civil war
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Justus Scheibert studied the military tactics of this war, while Arthur Fremantle took a three-month tour of the countries involved.
us civil war
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Chuck Horner led air forces during this conflict, which helped win the Battle of Khafji.
first gulf war
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Michael Shaara’s
the battle of gettysburg
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The XYZ Affair and French privateers attacking American merchants led to, for the point, what undeclared conflict of the late 18th century?
quasiwar
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Richard Ewell was unable to take high ground at Cemetery Ridge at the first day of this battle, and during a famous advancement, Union soldiers reportedly shouted (*) “Fredericksburg!”.
the battle of gettysburg
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Diplomats Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry’s failed attempt to meet Talleyrand led to this war.
quasiwar
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[[temz]] River.
pequot war
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Pursuit lead throughout Wisconsin and ended with a battle at Bad Axe.
black hawk war
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The half-black Pearl learns nursing and falls in love with the soldier Stephen Walsh in a E. L. Doctorow novel set during this war.
us civil war
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Zoan Church was one position fortified by Confederates during this battle.
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Jennie Hodgers fought in this conflict while disguised as Albert Cashier.
us civil war
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After this battle, one leader declared that a metaphorical “Father of Waters once again goes unvexed.”
siege of vicksburg
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Many conspiracy theories on this event focus on the McCollum memo.
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It started over a disputed 1805 treaty signed in St. Louis.
black hawk war
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This battle saw the only use of the Twin Sisters, two cannons donated by the government of Cincinnati.
battle of san jacinto
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Plans to cut off a railroad supply during this campaign were stopped after the failure of Stoneman’s Raid.
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Wilhelm Knyphausen’s forces were fired upon by troops who had marched up a road along the Schuylkill River.
battle of germantown
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In the leadup to this conflict, the PR firm of Hill & Knowlton secretly hired a woman known only as Nurse Nayirah to give false testimony to Congress.
first gulf war
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Jeb Stuart briefly led the Confederates during this engagement, part of which was fought in the (*) Wilderness.
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Engagements in a campaign named for this city included the Battles of Champion’s Hill and Port Gibson, the latter of which resulted in troops under William T. Sherman turning the city of (*) Jackson into a “chimneyville”.
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John Sedgwick's inability to communicate to his superior led to one side’s inaction, and that superior refused to hand over command despite being hit in the leg by a cannonball in the fighting around Salem Church.
battle of chancellorsville
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In this war, information provided by Lola Sanchez led to the unusual instance of a cavalry unit successfully destroying a boat.
us civil war
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During this conflict, Thomas Truxton’s Constellation captured the L’insurgente near Puerto Rico.
quasiwar
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The Killer Angels immortalizes one side’s actions at this battle, during which John Reynolds was killed while organizing the Iron Brigade.
the battle of gettysburg
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The losing side in this battle felled trees across Deer Creek to block David D. Porter's attempt to reach the Yazoo in the Steele's Bayou Expedition leading up to it.
siege of vicksburg
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At this battle, Colonel Bevier and his corps of sharpshooters attempted to avenge the death of Douglas the Camel, a domesticated pack animal killed by a Union sniper.
siege of vicksburg
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Perhaps because he was missing his own dog “Sweet Lips," a commander at this battle ordered a ceasefire to return the other’s fox terrier.
battle of germantown
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Richard Taylor tried to assist troops stationed here with an ultimately unsuccessful counter-attack against a regiment of black soldiers at Milliken’s Bend, while John Hunt Morgan almost crossed into Pennsylvania in an attempt to draw opposing forces from this city.
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During this war, Horace Hunley bankrolled the construction of a pioneering submarine.
us civil war
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Smaller battles at Port Gibson and Champion Hill took place in the run-up to this battle.
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Two leaders in this war jointly issued the Atlantic Charter, and called for a policy of “unconditional surrender” at the (*) Casablanca Conference.
second world war or world war ii
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Nathanael Greene’s troops mistakenly opened fire on Anthony Wayne during a withdrawal from this battle.
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Beforehand, Sidney Sherman led an expeditionary skirmish and Deaf Smith destroyed Vince’s Bridge, cutting off the retreat.
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