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  2. Richard Ingle - Wikipedia

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    Richard Ingle (b. c. 1609 – d. 1653) was an English sea captain, tobacco trader, and privateer in colonial Maryland.Along with William Claiborne, Ingle revolted against Maryland Catholic leaders in the name of English Parliament and Puritans in a period known as the Plundering Time.

  3. Tangut people - Wikipedia

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    Tangut society was divided into two classes: the "Red Faced" and the "Black Headed". The Red Faced Tanguts were seen as commoners while the Black Headed Tanguts made up the elite priestly caste. Although Buddhism was extremely popular among the Tangut people, many Tangut herdsmen continued to practice a kind of shamanism known as Root West (Melie).

  4. 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion (Confederate) - Wikipedia

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    In 1864 a section of the unit, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864, invaded Maryland and took part in Gilmor's Raid across Maryland. [9] [12] July 30 saw it engage, along with the other troops under John McCausland, in the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania [13] [14] In August, it raided Moorefield, West Virginia. [15] [16]

  5. Timeline of the Tanguts - Wikipedia

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    Year Date Event 1001: Tanguts capture Ordos [20]: 1002: Dingnan Jiedushi conquers Lingzhou, renames it Xiping, and makes it their capital [21]: 1004: 6 January: Li Jiqian dies in battle against the Tibetan state of Xiliangfu and his son Li Deming succeeds him [17]

  6. Plundering Time - Wikipedia

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    The Protestant pirates began plundering the property of anyone who did not swear allegiance to the ... Maryland in the English Civil War, 1642-1650. Maryland ...

  7. Indigenous peoples of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    John Smith did not encounter any Siouan language-speaking tribes 1608 exploration. However, the Monacan, Saponi, and Tutelo peoples emigrated through Maryland during the mid-19th century. [citation needed] Some small bands of the Saponi and Tutelo were found in the area following this emigration.

  8. Maryland in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army, Guggenheimer Weil & Co (1900), ISBN 0-913419-00-1. Harris, William C. (2011) Lincoln and the Border States: Preserving the Union. University Press of Kansas. Hein, David (editor),. Religion and Politics in Maryland on the Eve of the Civil War: The Letters of W. Wilkins Davis. 1988. Rev. ed., Eugene, OR ...

  9. Raid on Chambersburg - Wikipedia

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    On October 6, the same day Halleck ordered McClellan to move, Lee asked Major General J.E.B. Stuart, to make a raid toward Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. [26] Lee wanted Stuart to destroy the important railroad bridge over the Conococheague Creek, bring back horses and capture government officials who might be exchanged for captured Confederate leaders or sympathizers.