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

ran abruptly into the Continentals and halted in place to engage them. A fierce firefight en- sued, with heavy losses on both si ...

STUART, J.E.B. “JEB” Stuart, J.E.B. “Jeb” (February 6, 1833–May 12, 1864) Confederate General C onspicuous in his plumed hat, fl ...

several successful raids against Union forces, including the capture of Gen. John Pope’s head- quarters in August 1862, and play ...

Camp. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1994; Hall, Clark B. “The Battle of Brandy Sta- tion.” Civil War Times Illust ...

many had embarked on a covert rearmament program and was experimenting with new kinds of warfare. By 1921, Student had mas- tere ...

skill, and courage, distinguishing themselves in Russia, France, and Italy. In September 1943, Student acquired additional renow ...

Tall Bull (ca. 1830–July 11, 1869) Cheyenne Warrior TALLBULL T all Bull was the last chief of the famous Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, ...

dodged pursuing troops under Maj. Eugene A. Carr. Turning south, Tall Bull and his Dog Sol- diers next opposed Gen. Philip H. Sh ...

squadron in 1937. He left destroyers in 1939 to com- mand the battleship Kongo,rising there to rear admiral. Tanaka returned to ...

on moonless nights for greater concealment, and they developed a strategy to ambush his convoys en route. American warships were ...

TARLETON, BANASTRE Tarleton, Banastre (August 21, 1754–January 25, 1833) English Army Officer T arleton was, un- questionably, t ...

vent militia reinforcements from reaching the defenders. He also frequently operated in con- cert with two other talented partis ...

gan’s position, he fed his infantry into a direct frontal assault. The militia fired and fell back as planned, inflicting some l ...

ety Quarterly51 (1967): 61–81; Maass, John. “To Dis- turb the Assembly: Tarleton’s Charlottesville Raid and the British Invasion ...

elite strike force that broke through Union positions. In light of his excellent reputation, and upon Jackson’s recommendation, ...

Nathan Bedford Forrestand his excellent cavalry, but neither man could curtail a large cavalry raid by Gen. James H. Wilson late ...

that time on, Tecumseh expressed an undying ha- tred for whites and joined numerous raiding parties beginning at the age of The ...

Native Americans, so they granted the Indians only token aid. To many in Congress, particu- larly the War Hawk faction of the De ...

(1995): 277–299; David, Gregory E. “Thinking and Believing: Nativism and Unity in the Age of Pontiac and Tecumseh.” American Ind ...

uct or practice associated with white civiliza- tion and return to traditional Indian ways of life. This entailed the eliminatio ...