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Feb 2, 2024 · Winfield Scott was a significant military leader from the War of 1812 to the beginning of the Civil War. He led American forces to victory during the Mexican-American War and devised the Anaconda Plan, which helped the Union claim victory in the Civil War. Scott served as an officer in the United States Army for more than 53 years.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government ...
Nov 13, 2009 · The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolution. It gave the Patriots a major morale boost and persuaded the French, Spanish and Dutch to join their cause against a mutual rival.
Nov 9, 2009 · Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images. The Battle of Camden in South Carolina was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery ...
2 days ago · The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain ’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and ...
Sep 13, 2017 · The Battle of Chapultepec (LOC) The Americans began to climb Chapultepec’s Hill, clawing their way up as the Mexican musketry started to crackle out. That musketry tore the forlorn hopes apart. Captain Silas Casey, who would come to write a tactics manual in the 1860s, went down wounded.
Born in England, artist James Walker spent most of his life in New York City but was living. in Mexico City at the outbreak of the Mexican War. He was forced into hiding for six weeks until he eventually made his way behind American lines. Walker subsequently served as an interpreter for U.S. troops and was present at the storming of Chapultepec.
