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Pressure makes diamonds. -- General George Patton Jr |
Edgecote Moor (1469)(163 total words in this text)(2185 Reads)  War: Wars of the Roses Date: 26 Jul 1469 Location: England Outcome: Lancastrian victory Overview: After eight years of rule, Edward IV began to alienate many of the nobles including Warwick because of his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville and his alliances with Burgundy. In 1469, Edward rallied an army to put down an uprising in Yorkshire. He was intercepted by a Lancastrian force and swiftly defeated. Meanwhile Warwick and Edward's brother, George duke of Clarence, had already landed from Calais and were on their way to join forces with Robin of Redesdale, field leader of the Lancastrian force. After the battle, Warwick ordered his brother George Neville, the archbishop of York, to intercept and capture the king Edward. York Leadership: earl of Pembroke earl of Devon Lancaster Leadership: Robin of Redesdale |
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Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
