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Battle of Westport The Battle of Westport, sometimes referred to as the  Gettysburg of the West,  was fought on October 23, 1864, in modern Kansas City, Missouri, during the American Civil War. Union forces under Major General Samuel R. Curtis decisively defeated an outnumbered Confederate force under Major General Sterling Price.
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- The Glorious Cause for American Independence. The Siege of Yorktown or Battle of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis.
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Maungatapu murders The gang was composed of Richard Burgess, Joseph Thomas Sullivan, Philip Levy, and Thomas Kelly (birth name Thomas Noon). The victims were James Battle, George Dudley, John Kempthorne, James de Pontius, and Felix Mathieu.
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Battle of Gallipoli Battle of Gallipoli was a combat between the Central powers and Allied Powers and during this battle Gallipoli peninsula became the center of bloody war. Central powers were Germany, Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey), Hungary, Bulgaria; Allied Powers were Russia, France, Australia, USA, United Kingdom and Germany. In January 1915 Russia asked Britain and also France for assistance and the Gallipoli Campaign was born.
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- The battle at Westport was the largest fought west of the Mississippi with nearly 12,000 Confederates and a total of about 25,000 Federals involved. Highlights of the tour include battle markers and Forest Hill Cemetery where the Confederates made a stand in retreat and where many are buried today.
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In Barbary wars, did U.S. declare 'war on Islam'? An oil painting of Lt. Stephen Decatur boarding a Tripolitan gunboat during the bombardment of Tripoli, Aug. 3, 1804. (Department of the Navy) The U.S.S. Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, set ablaze after being boarded by Lt. Stephen Decatur and 60 men. Lt. Presley O'Bannon in battle at Derna, in modern-day Libya, 1805. Ask most Americans about the details of the Barbary wars, and you’re likely to get blank stares. But the obscure, early 19th century wars between the newly established United States and a group of north African powers has become evidence for a chain email that lectures about the present-day dangers of radical Islam.
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- THE FATE OF CRAWFORD VOLUNTEERS. CAPTURED BY INDIANS FOLLOWING THE. BATTLE OF SANDUSKY IN 1782. Parker B. Brown. Battlefields in the United States are invariably well designated. by monuments memorializing heroic persons and events. The. battleground at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, is no exception. The brick. monument identifying Battle Island where Colonel William Craw-.
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Battle of Long Island The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was a defeat for the Continental Army under General George Washington and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave the British control of the strategically important city of New York.
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Battle of Brandywine By the close of the battle, the British suffered some 583 killed and wounded, while the rebels counted about 200 dead, 500-600 wounded, and 400 captured. Brandywine resulted in a clear British victory, but that victory provided little in concrete gains.
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Conflicts During George Washington's Presidency Transcript of Conflicts During George Washington's Presidency. The American settlers were stealing land from the Indians that already owned the land. when The Indians fought back, The Americans used military force against them. The conflict arose over territory and was resolved using military force. They fought in the Battle of Fallen Timbers and later, the Treaty of Greenville was written. The Battle of Fallen Timbers The Whiskey Rebellion A tax was put on grains carried on wagons. Southerners were angry because they thought it was unfair to have extra taxes The conflict arose over ideology.
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- Battle of Lake Erie — Battle of the Thames. Throughout 1812 and into 1813, a British squadron led by Commander Robert H. Barclay held control of Lake Erie. Control of the Great Lakes was of paramount importance in the War of 1812.hroughout 1812 and into 1813, a British squadron led by Commander Robert H. Barclay held control of Lake Erie. Control of the Great Lakes was of paramount importance in the War of 1812.
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Rebels thwart Yankees at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass In the summer of 1863, the Union commander in the region, General Nathaniel Banks, launched an expedition to retake Sabine Pass. He placed General William B. Franklin in charge of an amphibious force that included four gunboats, 18 transports, and nearly 6,000 troops.
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Battle of Galveston says: The personal fame accruing to him as the victor and director of the contest has been greatly exaggerated. The battle was clearly lost at foul o'clock; and had the Austrian General been where he ought to have been, there was nothing in the renewed combinations of Napoleon which could have carried the day.
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- The Battle of Yorktown was all about the independence of the United  States as a free and independent nation. The Battle of Yorktown  began on the 28th of September, 1781. G…eneral George Washington,  commanded a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops against  British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000  British troops. 1 person found this useful.
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- Westport's medicinal springs, located a half mile west of the lake, were celebrated during the mid 19th century for their miraculous power in healing disease. Today, they lie abandoned. Westport remains the location for the Essex County Fair. The early fairs alternated between Elizabethtown and Westport, but soon settled in Westport. The fairgrounds, the exhibition buildings and the trotting track are still in use today.
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Benedict Arnold's Treason Discovered When presented with evidence of Arnold's betrayal, it is reported that Washington was calm. The bounty Arnold offered the British was West Point. He began correspondence with Major John Andre by a circuitous route. Andre had been friends with Peggy Shippen Arnold during the Philadelphia occupation.
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Montross, Virginia The seizure in 1775 of the Virginia Colony's gunpowder supply in Williamsburg on orders of the Royal Governor, in what became known as the Gunpowder Incident, prompted the Westmoreland Committee of Safety to convene at the Court House on May 23, 1775.
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AMERICAN HISTORY EXAM REVIEW End of the Revolutionary WarBy Jonathan Who The leaders of the Revolutionary War were: George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Lafayette, Cornwallis and Britain. The countries that were the biggest threat in the war were, Britain and the United States, French later became very involved. The people that negotiated the Treaty of Paris were John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. What What happened-the End of the Revolutionary War happened at the battle of Yorktown.
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Avondale police arrest man in connection with embezzlement theft of veterans group Avondale police arrest man in connection with embezzlement theft of veterans group. Investigators said Kirk Davis, president of Pat Tillman Memorial Veterans of Foreign Affairs Post 40, is accused of stealing over $100,000 from the VFA accounts over the last two years since he became president.
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- John Allen (1771–1813), hero of the Battle of Frenchtown in the War of 1812. &&&&&&&&&&019956.&&&&&019,956.
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American Revolution Battle of Yorktown. The Battle of Yorktown was the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is where the British Army surrendered and the British government began to consider a peace treaty. General Nathanael Greene had taken over command of the American Continental Army in the South.
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- On this day in 1864, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest routs a Union force three times the size of his army at the Battle of West Point, Mississippi, helpingto end Union General William T. Sherman’s expedition into Alabama. Sherman was marching an army east across Mississippi from Vicksburg to Meridian....
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Fort O'Brien An expedition to the area to acquire materials resulted in the naval Battle of Machias on June 11–12, 1775, in which a small Royal Navy ship was captured by the colonists led by Jeremiah O'Brien, for whom the fort is named.
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Tag Archives: Westport Animal Control WASA thanks the Westport Police Department, particularly Chief Foti Koskinas; Animal Control officer Gina Gambino; Dorrie Harris, co-founder of TAILS; the staff of the Senior Center, particularly Tom Saviano, and the staff of Schulhof Animal Hospital for working together to humanely “trap” and provide care for Tina Wessel’s cat.
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- The Battle of Yorktown October 6-19, 1781. The Battle of Yorktown is important because it was the last battle of the Revolutionary war. Yorktown, now Williamsburg, Virginia, is a river port near the Chesapeake Bay. The Battle of Guilford Court House took place on March 15, 1781. Even though neither the British nor the Patriots won this battle, the British troops were worn out and they were forced to retreat.
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Who won the Battle of Merrimack and Monitor? The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack occurred during the  American Civil War, and the result is considered to be  inconclusive. The Confederacy won a tactical victory, an…d the Union  won a strategic victory.