Why was the Battle of Philadelphia important? Henry Clinton: Henry Clinton began his military career in a New York militia, but he was commissioned into the British Army in 1751. Like most British officers, he had fought in the Seven Years' War, and in 1775, he was dispatched to the Am...
The question considered is what General Robert E. Lee's plan for the battle of Gettysburg actually was, and why he fought the battle the way he did, based on a reexamination of extensive commentaries left by the participants in the battle.General Lee believed that the Confederacy could not ...
“He was the greatest writer about American liberty and opportunity and democracy that ever lived,” Holzer said. “He’s still the great apostle of democratic possibilities and freedom.” There’s no better example than the 272 words Lincoln spoke on the Gettysburg battlefield in November 1863....
The Way We Were—The KO.In ancient times war was pretty straight forward; seek the knock out. The strategy was to conquer someone else’s land and take control of their resources and labor—thus, empires grew. Armies were relatively small, 10-50k, and were roughly equiv...
He is headed towards the general direction of the crossroads town of Gettysburg. Where is the Union Army? What is it doing? Does it know where Lee is? Union Cavalry General John Buford finds out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvj2HfEokE When Lee gets to Gettysburg, he has a rude ...