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

reinforcement by a corps commanded by Gen. James Longstreet. When Rosecrans re- sumed his cautious advance, the Confeder- ates s ...

BRANT, JOSEPH Brant, Joseph (ca. 1742–November 24, 1807) Mohawk War Chief J oseph Brant was the most significant Na- tive Americ ...

a massacre of prisoners by both Indians and Loyalists under Maj. Walter Butler. He then had another successful encounter at Mini ...

New Jersey (Princeton), and Transylvania Univer- sity, while being groomed for a life of public ser- vice. He opened a law of- f ...

won promotion to major general. He then briefly cooperated with Gen. Earl Van Dorn in an unsuccessful attempt to recapture Baton ...

to bring the struggle to an honorable conclu- sion. “This has been a magnificent epic,” he advised. “In God’s name let it not te ...

tenant two years later, and then transferred to the 49th Foot as a cap- tain. It was with this regi- ment, which he ulti- mately ...

sive actions and keep potential invaders off- balance. Foremost among these was a quick thrust against the island of Mackinac on ...

time for celebration, as intelligence arrived of another impending invasion at Niagara. He hurried back and was greeted by timel ...

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1805, he took charge of the HMS Druidfor service in the English Channel, and in Sep- tember 1806 he acceded to command of HMS Sh ...

Chesapeakeboldly approached, Broke called his men to the quarterdeck and calmly ha- rangued them, “Don’t cheer, go quietly to yo ...

BROOKE, ARTHUR Brooke, Arthur (1772–July 26, 1843) English Army Officer B rooke was a stal- wart leader of the noted 44th Regi- ...

Brooke assumed command of the entire army. He pushed his light troops forward to North Point, only to discover sizable militia f ...

BUCHANAN, FRANKLIN Buchanan, Franklin (September 17, 1800–May 11, 1874) Confederate Admiral F ranklin Buchanan made history by i ...

squadron, Buchanan rammed and sank the wooden frigate Cumberland with little diffi- culty, although the Virginialost its ram. He ...

ster School and joined the army at the age of 15 as a brigadier (corporal) of the Third Horse Guards. Burgoyne subse- quently tr ...

drawn up a detailed plan of operations enti- tled “Thoughts for Conducting the War from the side of Canada” that he felt would d ...

badly defeated. Burgoyne at this juncture would have been justified by withdrawing back to Canada, but he refused. Instead, he i ...

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