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6 days ago · Gun battle begins Wyatt Earp 19 months after the famous gunfight, during the bloodless Dodge City War. Virgil Earp was not expecting a fight. After Behan said that he had disarmed the Cowboys, Virgil and Wyatt put the pistols they had been holding in their waistband or overcoat pocket. Holliday had a short coach gun concealed under his long jacket.
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Apr 2, 2024 · Battle of Appomattox Court House, (April 9, 1865), one of the final battles of the American Civil War. After a weeklong flight westward from Richmond and Petersburg , Virginia , Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee briefly engaged Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant before surrendering to the Union at Appomattox Court House .
6 days ago · The aftermath saw Renaud Mansoer and potentially Walter the Chancellor among the captives, while the battlefield's carnage earned it the name "ager sanguinis" or "the field of blood." Following the battle, the Turks captured 70 knights and 500 lower-ranking soldiers. The high-ranking prisoners were ransomed, and 30 unable to afford their ransom ...
Apr 9, 2024 · The statistics told the story, in part: Edey won the battle, but Clingan won the trophy. Here's a look at their encounter on college basketball's biggest stage. What they said about Purdue's...
Mar 21, 2024 · Third Battle of Panipat fought on 14 January 1761 between the Maratha Empire and the Durrani Empire was won by the Afghan Army. Check history, causes, impact, result of Third Battle of Panipat.
Apr 5, 2024 · Battle of Fort Sumter, (April 12–14, 1861), the opening engagement of the American Civil War, at the entrance to the harbour of Charleston, South Carolina. Although Fort Sumter held no strategic value to the North—it was unfinished and its guns faced the sea rather than Confederate shore batteries—it held enormous value as a symbol of the ...
Mar 25, 2024 · March 14, 1864. The Battle of Fort DeRussy was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America on March 14, 1864. The outcome of the battle was a Union victory. The battle is most famous for being the first engagement of the Red River Campaign of 1864.
