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Battle of Westport 23 October 1864
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Battle of Westport 23 October 1864
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In autumn 1864 Major General Sterling Price’s Confederate army was engaged in a six-week raid on the state of Missouri, intending to capture it from the Unionists. Major General Samuel R. Curtis marshalled the Kansas state militia and 4,000 volunteer cavalry veterans (‘the army of the borders’) to defend themselves... More
Battle of Winchester 19 September 1864, 4.30 pm
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Battle of Winchester 19 September 1864, 4.30 pm
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The Battle of Winchester in the Shenandoah River valley on 19 September 1864, commenced at 4.30 am, when Union forces struggled through the narrow Berryville Canyon, encountering heavy resistance there. The second phase of battle began at 11.30 in the woods outside Winchester and after five hours of intense fighting... More
Battle of Winchester 23–25 May 1862
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Battle of Winchester 23–25 May 1862
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After the capture of Front Royal on May 23, ‘Stonewall’ Jackson chased and harried Union General Nathan Banks along the Shenandoah Valley, seizing supplies and capturing stragglers. At Winchester, Banks resolved to make a stand. Deploying his forces in front of the town, Banks held a strong defensive position with... More
Battle of Winchester Final Phase 19 September, 5 pm
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Battle of Winchester Final Phase 19 September, 5 pm
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By 5 pm, the Confederate infantry had formed a tight interior line position behind fortifications near the unoccupied Milroy Fort and spreading southwards to Senseny Road. Union cavalry brigades charged the Confederates, using cavalry and infantry, with one Confederate soldier stating: ‘I never saw such a sight in my life... More
Battle of Worcester 1651
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Battle of Worcester 1651
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Charles I, heading a Scots army, needed Royalist backing to snowball en route if his dash south was to succeed. However, Cromwell, supposedly stranded in northern Scotland, had anticipated the invasion, and had placed suspected Royalist sympathisers under close surveillance, while grassroots Presbyterian support failed to materialize. By the time... More
Beirut: Shatila and Sabra 16–17 September 1982
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Beirut: Shatila and Sabra 16–17 September 1982
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Lebanon is unique in the Middle East in having a population roughly equally split between Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims and Maronite Christians. In 1971, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) militants were expelled from Jordan, many finding a haven – and base for continued activities – in Lebanon. In 1975, initial conflict... More
Black Soldiers in the Union Army 1862–65
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Black Soldiers in the Union Army 1862–65
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On 17 July 1862, the US Congress reversed the 1792 Federal law that banned black men from the US military. Called the ‘Second Confiscation and Militia Act’, it was followed by an energetic recruitment campaign, with the first black regiments filled by volunteers from Massachusetts, Tennessee and South Carolina. Initially,... More
Black Soldiers in the Union Army 1864
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Black Soldiers in the Union Army 1864
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From 1863 black Americans could join the Union Army, reversing legislation that prohibited them from bearing arms. By the conclusion of the Civil War, 208,000 of the total Union fighting force were black, constituting 10 per cent of the total number. Over the course of the war more than 40,000... More
Byzantine Empire 1328
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Byzantine Empire 1328
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At the end of the Byzantine civil war of 1321–28, Andronikos III Palaiologos emerged victorious against his grandfather Andronikos II Palaiologos. The civil war started when Andronikos III was exiled after he killed his brother Manuel because of an affair. Andronikos III set up his own government in Adrianople and... More
Capture of Fort Pillow 12 April 1864
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Capture of Fort Pillow 12 April 1864
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Fort Pillow is notorious for the apparent massacre of its garrison by the Confederate troops of Nathan B. Forrest. What is clear is that the mortality rate was shockingly high, and that the mortality rate of the black defenders thrice that of their white comrades. On the afternoon of 12... More
Cassville 18–19 May 1864
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Cassville 18–19 May 1864
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The ‘Affair at Cassville’ scarcely merited the epithet ‘battle’. Indeed, Confederate General Johnston’s aversion to engage helped to cement a pattern that would lead to his abrupt removal by Robert E. Lee before the Battles of Atlanta. After successively retreating from putative stands at Dalton, Resaca and Calhoun, Johnson had... More
Chancellorsville Campaign 27 April ̶ 4 May 1863
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Chancellorsville Campaign 27 April ̶ 4 May 1863
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The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, in April ̶ May 1863, was a spectacular Civil War victory under Confederate General Robert E. Lee. President Abraham Lincoln, frustrated by the Union progress in the war, replaced General Ambrose Burnside with General ‘fighting Joe Hooker’. After Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River on 30... More