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

War, Let It Begin Here!” Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1986; Bolton, Charles K., ed. Letters of Hugh Percy: From Boston to New York ...

therefore immersed his considerable intellect in the study of military science by joining the local militia. In 1859, he venture ...

wounded, he refused to be taken prisoner a second time and insisted on moving with the troops. He lingered three days before dyi ...

sited and emplaced be- fore military engage- ments, owing to its great weight and unwieldiness. However, Phillips disre- garded ...

treatment of his men—and grew so annoying to his captors that he was arrested and placed in confinement. He finally gained his p ...

PIGOT, ROBERT Pigot, Robert (1720–August 2, 1796) English General P igot was a soldier celebrated for his bravery and frequently ...

Long Island and formed part of the column that flanked the American army under Gen. Is- rael Putnam. Gen. George Washington had ...

PILLOW, GIDEONJOHNSON Pillow, Gideon Johnson (June 8, 1806–October 8, 1878) Confederate General S elf-serving and querulous, Pil ...

sional Army of Tennessee. He was thus re- sponsible for the recruitment, arming, and training of thousands of volunteer soldiers ...

plantations and estates, he resumed his legal career at Memphis until wartime debts bank- rupted him in 1876. He then relocated ...

nials and advocated harsh measures to keep them in line. He person- ally felt that burning sev- eral towns “will forever convinc ...

Lexington Historical Society in Massachu- setts. Considering the numbers involved and the losses sustained, it had been a close ...

Pontiac (ca. 1720–April 20, 1769) Ottawa War Chief PONTIAC P ontiac, an excel- lent military strate- gist, instigated and led th ...

however, came not from the military but rather from the settlers. In contrast to the French, English colonials crossed the Ap- p ...

new commander, Gen. Thomas Gage, who replaced the insensitive Amherst. In contrast with earlier British treatment of Native Amer ...

of the French and Indian War in North Amer- ica, he was dispatched to Canada and arrived at Quebec in June 1755. Pouchot’s debut ...

cial matters in Canada; he was subsequently cleared of any misconduct. He found little em- ployment when the Bearn Regiment was ...

when Georgia entered the American Revolu- tion, it became Prevost’s responsibility to mount offensive forays into that state whi ...

in Hertfordshire on May 5, 1786. Like Freder- ick Haldimand, he was one of several skillful Swiss mercenaries to distinguish him ...

following year he gained further distinction by or- chestrating the capture of Martinique. Prevost then continued on back at Hal ...