On June 17th 1775 George Washington was appointed the commander of the Continental Army. He would not go back to Mount Vernon anytime soon. Instead, he went back to Mount Vernon 6 years later. Washington never led a large army into battle. Washington and his army barely escaped the New York campaign of 1776.…
September 1777 the Battle of Brandywine he was shot in the leg by helping George Washington Retreat. He and…
The Battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776 in Trenton New Jersey. A lot of people who think of the Battle of Trenton think Christmas considering it happened on Christmas. General George Washington crossed the Delaware river with his men. It was a bad night for his men. There was a heavy snowstorm and the Delaware river was covered with a lot of ice.…
Battle of the Brandywine - September 11, 1777 In 1777, General Howe brought his army to the Chesapeake intending to take Philidelphia. To delay the fall of the city Washington marched to Wilmington. On September 9th 1777 Washington positioned his army behind Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford. The British were expected to march west from Kennett Square to carry out the frontal assault.…
The Americans had to face so many obstacles to win the Revolutionary War against the British Crown. But how did they do it? It’s hard to believe a group of novice soldiers won against the most powerful country in the world and they were also heavily outnumbered by so many British soldiers. George Washington’s leadership was one of the most important aspects of the war because he formed tactics that surprised the opposing army from guerilla warfare tactics to stealing the British army’s resources. He also got other leaders to train his inexperienced soldiers.…
Washington assaulted them at Monmouth, battling to a powerful attract one of the war's biggest fights. The Continental Army having been financed by $20,000 in French gold, Washington conveyed the last hit to the British in 1781, after a French maritime triumph permitted American and French strengths to trap a British armed force in Virginia. Retirement Washington couldn't realize that after Yorktown, the British would not revive…
The colonies is all Washington had to battle the british. George Washington Grew up in a military atmosphere. His brother helped him train. Each challenge that faced George was overcomed and contributed to his vast knowledge. In the French and Indian war, George proved himself by taking control after general Braddock was injured in an attack by the french.…
The second key event of Battle of Shenandoah is the appointment of General Sheridan as commander of General Grant’s General Grant’s new military division, the Middle Military Command that comprised of three departments, and charged him with clearing out the Shenandoah Valley. The Battle of Shenandoah 1864 had three major phases, which took place in a time of the battles. The first phase was the Battle of Third Winchester (September 19), which pitted General Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah amassing approximately 50,000 union troops against General’s Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley with a confederate force approximately 13,000 troops. General Sheridan attacked Early inaugurating a campaign that would drive the Confederates out of the Shenandoah…
Battle Overview: Fought on December 11-15, 1862, in Fredericksburg Virginia, the Battle of Fredericksburg was the Civil War’s first battle that involved urban combat. It had nearly 200,000 soldiers present between both sides, meaning this is the highest concentrated battle in the civil war. Leader of the Federal (Union) side was Ambrose E. Burnside, and the leader of the confederates was Robert E. Lee. The Union's plan was to use 60,000 men to take the southern flank of Prospect Hill, more specifically Marye's Heights,while holding the south in urban areas and then flushing them out.…
The Battle of White Plains was in October 1776 it ended in defeat for general george washington and his army as they retreated from New York City following a series of British victories earlier that summer. Washington attempted to make a stand on the stretch of high ground to allow for orderly consolidation , evacuation of personnel and much needed supplies. British forces under General Lord William Howe failed to trap the Continental Army on Manhattan but were still able to envelop this position on critical piece of terrain and force Washington’s army to retreat. The loss at White Plains and the successful British capture of Forts Washington and Lee on the Hudson River demonstrated the continuing tactical limits of Washington and the continental…
The War of 1812 occurred for two main reasons. One of these reasons was trade. Britain and France had been in a long arduous war. In order to weaken the other side, France tried to block America from trading with England, and England tried to block America from trading with France. Congress was angered by this, and the president’s attempt to counteract act this ended in failure (e.g. the non-intercourse act crippled the U.S. economy rather than solving the problem).…
The Massacre at Fort Griswold occurred on September 6, 1781. In an attempt to cause General Washington from marching against General Cornwallis's army in Virginia failed, Lieutenant General Henry Clinton ordered Benedict Arnold to attack the New London port in connecticut. Although the surprise attack was a success, the militia in Connecticut resisted against the British through their attempts to capture Fort Griswold, which is across the Thames River from New London in Groton. New London was burned and so where several of the vessels in port.…
But after the battle of long island that hope was gone down. After defeating the British in the Attack of Boston on March 17, 1776, Washington prepared his 19,000 troops to go from Boston to lower manhattan, New York to defend it. Washington had unique tactical plans(that wasn’t good for him), he built forts in northern Manhattan and he made the defence…
The Burning of Washington D.C which occurred during the war of 1812, on April, 24, 1814. Where a British force led by MJR.General Robert Ross, won the easily fought Battle of Bladensburg. After so marching upon Washington D.C and occupying it and set fire to many public and government buildings, such as the white house for example. Great Britain already engulfed in a full fledged war with France and Napoleon Bonaparte, adopted the defensive strategy against the United States of America upon the declaration of war by the U.S in 1812. Reinforcements were held back, and was left to muster local militias and native allies until after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.…
Washington won (and lost) a series of battles, including the final one against the British General Cornwallis (1781).…