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4 days ago · The 4th Armored Division was assigned to open a corridor to relieve the embattled garrison at Bastogne, Belgium. The 80th attacked Ettelbruck, southeast of Bastogne which sat on an essential German supply route, while the 26th attacked towns to the west. General George Patton, firebrand commander of the U.S.
5 days ago · Stuart's most controversial actions, his Urbana, Maryland, dance and his failures at South Mountain will be looked at in some detail. Finally, a summary of Stuart's actions will lead into a final analysis of his total performance as Lee's "eyes and ears" during the Maryland Campaign.
2 days ago · The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican president Richard Nixon defeated Democratic U.S. senator George McGovern in a landslide victory. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the ...
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5 days ago · DIED. September 9, 1871. Delaware Co, Oklahoma. ARMY. Confederate. Watie's Cherokee name was Degataga, meaning "standing together as one," or "he stands." He also was known as Isaac S. Watie. Watie was the son of Oo-watie (David Uwatie) and the part-English Susanna Reese. He attended Moravian Mission School at Springplace, Georgia.
5 days ago · J E B Stuart, the Ulster-Scots cavalry commander and ‘the eyes and ears’ of the Army of Northern Virginia, confirmed the accuracy of this intelligence.
5 days ago · Photo by Donna Manz Vienna Mayor Jane Seeman, HMDL members Jim Lewis, Charlie Balch, Steve Hull, Tom Evans, and Bob Eldridge unveiling the State Historic Marker on Lawyers Road.
3 days ago · Confederate troopers commanded by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart had the grandest reputations of being the best horsemen, ready to ride on a raid at a moments notice or rush to the front to do battle just as the tide was beginning to turn. Of course, truth was very different from the romantic descriptions of newspapermen.
