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

to confer with Yeo, and both men decided that a preemptive strike against Sackets Harbor might relieve pressure on other fronts. ...

governor-general for rushing Downie’s fleet into action at Plattsburgh. Consequently, Pre- vost was recalled to England to withs ...

Santa Cruz de la Rosales on March 16, 1848. For this act Price received a brevet promotion to brigadier general. However, becaus ...

ing the Department of Arkansas, the Confed- erates were badly repulsed on July 4, 1863. Holmes then retired and Price advanced t ...

PROCTOR, HENRY Proctor, Henry (1763–October 31, 1822) English General P roctor was an efficient leader who overcame shortages of ...

directly responsible for the atrocity and, if caught, should hang for it. For victory at Frenchtown, Proctor gained a promotion ...

hot pursuit. Proctor, whose conduct thus far had been commendable, apparently panicked, for in his haste to withdraw he forgot t ...

teacher. Intelligent and well-educated, he ven- tured west as a young man and accepted sev- eral teaching positions in Indiana a ...

skillfully eluded scores of vengeful pursuers with consummate skill. On October 6, 1863, Quantrill compounded his reign of terro ...

the-Face had an alterca- tion with an older Che- yenne youth and beat him, although he was cut on the face severely enough that ...

dered by the charges against him, as the vic- tims were killed on Sioux land and in what the Indians deemed legitimate combat. N ...

RALL, JOHANNGOTTLIEB Rall, Johann Gottlieb (ca. 1720–December 27, 1776) Hessian Officer T he hard-drinking Rall was a tough pro- ...

mander to construct redoubts as a simple mil- itary precaution. But Rall simply brushed off their concerns, exclaiming, “Let the ...

(1991): 42–49; Stephens, Thomas R. “In Deepest Sub- mission: The Hessian Mercenary Troops of the American Revolution.” Unpublish ...

During the final phases of the siege of Charleston, Clinton summoned Rawdon and his regiment south. There he served under Gen. C ...

great outrage in America, and Greene threat- ened to hang any British officer he captured in retaliation. And far from producing ...

member of the Oglala Sioux nation, was denied a high position in the tribe owing to his non- hereditary status, and he became de ...

evacuated and burned. Until these conditions were met, Red Cloud made clear his intention to remain at war, regardless of the co ...

RIALL, PHINEAS Riall, Phineas (December 15, 1775–November 10, 1850) English General R iall was a British commander of the War of ...

was the extent of their preparations. In fact, these troops, soon to be famous as the Left Division, were being expertly trained ...