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

Germans acquired more than 100 of these magnificent machines, but it was far too late. By the spring of 1945, nothing Germany di ...

DRUMMOND, GORDON Drummond, Gordon (September 27, 1772–October 10, 1854) English General D rummond was the first native-born Cana ...

raids along the length of the Niagara River in retaliation for the burning of Newark, Upper Canada. In short order, Black Rock a ...

depot at Schlosser, New York. He reacted by sending General Scott’s brigade northward as a feint against Fort George, to lure th ...

hours, British troops valiantly charged pre- pared American positions and suffered heav- ily. A small party of British managed t ...

Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000; Stanley, George F.G. The War of 1812: Land Operations. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada ...

ment, and the inevitable violence it spawned, led to continuous warfare with the United States. In January 1876, the famous Siou ...

the rest of his days there and died in 1883, much embittered over the loss of most of his children and friends. Perhaps in recog ...

the Civil War. Two months later he rose to lieutenant colonel of the Fourth South Car- olina Regiment and, later, assumed comman ...

of all charges, he was later restored to duty by summer. In June 1863, Evans and his brigade were assigned to Gen. William Wing ...

tional muzzle-loading ordnance, for users could both load and fire while in a prone posi- tion. After much tinkering, he invente ...

sentiments altogether. Moreover, Ferguson was disdainful toward Americans as soldiers. Once firmly ensconced in the western part ...

theless joined the Knight of Glin Yeomantry Corps, a local militia unit, and quickly made sergeant. In 1798, he transferred to t ...

manded his immediate surrender. Moreover, he warned the Americans that his Indians could not be controlled should a battle de- v ...

Floyd, John Buchanan (June 1, 1806–August 26, 1863) Confederate General FLOYD, JOHNBUCHANAN F loyd was a ranking Confederate lea ...

For several days, Floyd and his two major subordinates, Gens. Gideon J. Pillowand Simon Bolivar Buckner, dithered over how to co ...

FORREST, NATHANBEDFORD Forrest, Nathan Bedford (July 13, 1821–October 29, 1877) Confederate General A self-taught military geniu ...

pendent command for Forrest in Mississippi with the rank of major general. Forrest’s career now assumed its most ac- complished ...

Dutch army. In 1747, he served in Drumlanrig’s Scots-Dutch regiment dur- ing the siege of Bergen-op- zoom and was wounded. Frase ...

To achieve this, Burgoyne would be assisted by Fraser, still commanding the Advanced Corps, Gen. William Phillipsof the artiller ...