America\'s Military Adversaries. From Colonial Times to the Present

translator of English documents. Shortly after, he gained an appointment as an officer of troops being sent to New Netherlands ( ...

French threat originating from Quebec, and he authored a practical, two-pronged attack from land and by sea. When this plan was ...

LESLIE, ALEXANDER Leslie, Alexander (ca. 1731–December 27, 1794) English General L eslie was a senior-ranking British officer of ...

of Maj. Patrick Ferguson’s defeat at King’s Mountain, and he summoned the raiders back to New York. Leslie promptly complied and ...

LEVIS, FRANÇOIS-GASTON Levis, François-Gaston (August 20, 1719–November 26, 1787) French Army Officer L evis was probably the mo ...

inability to follow up his victory angered the governor-general. Again, Levis remained diplomatic toward both parties and astute ...

of the traditional courtesies due a victorious general. Levis returned to France shortly after his surrender, and he politely an ...

The man the Americans initially chose to exact these measures was Gen. Josiah Harmar, who had assembled a force of 1,100 poorly ...

sented him with a brace of pistols. He was sin- cere in his quest for peace and made additional land concessions with Governor W ...

of the Sacred Chief’s Bundle, Little Wolf bore the highest responsibility for the survival of his tribe. For many years he strov ...

Nebraska Press, 1998; Powell, Peter J. “Warrior’s World: A Cheyenne Self Portrait.” American Her- itage37, no. 1 (1981): 36–43; ...

hopelessness of their position and sued for peace. At length, Lord Dunmore convened a con- ference at Camp Charlotte, Ohio, in N ...

LONGSTREET, JAMES Longstreet, James (January 8, 1821–January 2, 1904) Confederate General “O ld Pete” Longstreet was one of the ...

defenses. On Little Round Top, Col. Joshua Chamberlain conducted a magnificent de- fense with the 20th Maine Infantry and defied ...

LOOKINGGLASS Looking Glass (ca. 1832–October 5, 1877) Nez Percé War Chief L ooking Glass helped direct the legendary 1,500-mile ...

by troops at White Bird Canyon. As large numbers of dispossessed Indians flocked together at Weippe, a council of nontreaty chie ...

Looking Glass, and the others, had not died in vain. See also Sitting Bull Bibliography Greene, Jerome A. Nez Perce Summer, 1977 ...

quarters to Fort Union, New Mexico, where two months later he became the youngest colonel in the army. In this capacity he con- ...

ston. Afterward, Pemberton bitterly assailed Loring for his actions, which he character- ized as insubordinate. By the spring of ...

LOVELL, MANSFIELD Lovell, Mansfield (October 20, 1822–June 1, 1884) Confederate General L ovell was a capable commander, but he ...