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1 day ago · Sam Houston. Samuel Houston ( / ˈhjuːstən / ⓘ, HEW-stən; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate.
- 1813–1818 (U.S. Army), 1835–1836 (Texan Army)
- Edward Clark
1 day ago · William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he ...
- 1840–1853, 1861–1884
1 day ago · Dakota War of 1862. United States. The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War, was an armed conflict between the United States and several eastern bands of Dakota collectively known as the Santee Sioux. It began on August 18, 1862, when the ...
- August 18 – September 26, 1862
- Minnesota, Dakota Territory
- United States victory
1 day ago · Equestrian Polish, Eurasian and the Americas history and horsemanship - from Bronze Age to circa1939AD. Historical equestrian art, my own artwork; reconstructions, and some traditional art media and digital artwork-related topics.
1 day ago · Louisiana French parishes. The New Orleans Bee, a French and English newspaper. Louisiana Creole ( Kréyol La Lwizyàn) is a French Creole [78] language spoken by the Louisiana Creole people and sometimes Cajuns and Anglo-residents of the state of Louisiana. The language consists of elements of French, Spanish, African and Native American roots.
1 day ago · Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, [8] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [b] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of ...
1 day ago · Belgrade [b] is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. [10] The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. [4]
