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Forty miles a day on beans and hay; the enlisted soldier fighting the Indian wars (1963) online; Royster, Charles. A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army and American Character (U of North Carolina Press, 1979) online; Sarnecky, Mary T. A history of the US Army Nurse Corps (U of Pennsylvania Press, 1999) online.
The Battle of Fallen Timbers, which occurred on August 20, 1794, was a significant military clash between the United States and the Northwest Indian Confederation along the Maumee River near present-day Toledo, Ohio. Following two major defeats suffered by the U.S. at the hands of the confederation, Major General Anthony Wayne assumed command ...
This article contains the length and list of major conflicts, invasions and wars participated by the United States Armed Forces since its ... 1876 – 1877: 1.2 years
Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States Notes ^ Some historians name the 1861–1865 war the "Second American Civil War", because in their view, the American Revolutionary War can also be considered a civil war (since the term can be used in reference to any war in which one political body separates itself from another ...
The Veterans History Project commemorated its 10th anniversary through a host of various events and initiatives, including a commemorative anniversary event. [20] The featured speaker for this event was James H. Billington, the 13th Librarian of Congress, who called upon Americans to collect the stories of veterans on September 29th, 2010. [21]
March 4, 1877 – After only two days as president-elect and vice president-elect, Hayes becomes the 19th president and Wheeler becomes the 19th vice president; 1877 – Reconstruction ends; 1877 – Nez Perce War; 1878 – Bland–Allison Act; 1878 – Morgan silver dollars first minted; 1879 – Thomas Edison creates first commercially viable ...
Chambers, John Whiteclay and G. Kurt Piehler, eds. Major Problems in American Military History: Documents and Essays (1988) 408 pp excerpts from primary and secondary sources table of contents; Christman, Calvin L. ed. America at War: An Anthology of Articles from MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History(1995) 51 short essays by experts
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. [ b ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day , which also occur on the anniversary of the ...