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Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated. -- Sun Tzu |
![]() War Stories: Revolutionary WarWar Stories published under this topic are as follows:![]() The Enemy forming a Line from towards our right to the extremity of our left upon an opposite long height to ours in a Wood. Our men were under Arms all Day and this Night also, as our Wise General was determined not to be attack'd Napping.... ![]() ![]() The Enemy forming a Line from towards our right to the extremity of our left upon an opposite long height to ours in a Wood. Our men were under Arms all Day and this Night also, as our Wise General was determined not to be attack'd Napping.... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dear Sir: Since my last of the 15th Inst. I have been favoured with yours of the 6th.--I am much concerned to find the Supplies ordered have been so much delayed. By this Time, I hope, Colonel McDougall, whose Zeal is unquestionable, has joined you with every Thing necessary for prosecuting your Plan. ![]() ![]() ![]() Head Quarters, Easton, May 24, A.D., 1779. When the army shall be fully assembled the following arrangements are to take place:-- Light corps, commanded by Gen. Hand, to consist of - Armandt's, Hubley's, Shott's, 6 companies of Rangers, Wm. Butler's battalion, Morgan's corps, and all volunteers who may join the army. ![]() I HAVE made several attempts to inform your excellency, that the French West-India fleet, under Monsieur de Grasse, entered the capes the 29th ult. I could not exactly learn the number; they report twenty-five or twenty-six sail of the line. ![]() I have the honour to inform your Excellency, that the transports with the detachment of troops under my orders anchored on the Long Island Shore on the 5th inst. At two o'clock P.M. about ten leagues from New London; and having made some necessary arrangements, weighed anchor at seven o'clock P.M. and stood for New London with a fair wind. At one o'clock the next morning we arrived off the harbour, when the wind suddenly shifted to the northward, and it was nine o'clock before the transports could beat in. Note: Sir Henry Clinton was Commander in Chief of British forces in America at this time. 10455 Reads
![]() ![]() The Pennsylvania Line, after the revolt and discharge of the men, last winter, were reduced to six regiments; the officers ordered to different towns within the State to recruit. An appomtment of ensign in the 7th had been obtained for me in August last; the 7th and 4th were incorporated, and under command of Lt.Col. Comt. William Butler, rendezvoused at this place-companies now about half full. ![]() |
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1655:
Puritans jail Governor Stone after a military victory over Catholic forces in the colony of Maryland.
1804: The Secretary of the Navy approves the first formal uniform of the Marine Corps. 1813: The frigate USS Essex flies the first U.S. flag in battle in the Pacific. 1863: Secretary of War Edwin Stanton presents the first Medals of Honor to six of the surviving members of Andrews Raiders. They are the first Medals of Honor ever presented. 1864: The Battle of Paducah Kentucky takes place. 1865: Confederate General Robert E. Lee makes Fort Stedman his last attack of the war in a desperate attempt to break out of Petersburg, Virginia. The attack failed, and within a week Lee was evacuating his positions around Petersburg. 1865: The Battle of Bluff Spring Florida takes place. 1865: The Battle of Mobile Alabama takes place. 1879: Japan invades the kingdom of Liuqiu (Ryukyu) Islands, formerly a vassal of China. 1895: Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia). |