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Morton (Alex Hurt) and his Union detachment defend a foxhole in a fog-shrouded American Civil War battlefield, when a bleeding Jackson (Motell Gyn Foster) of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry stumbles toward them. The white soldiers debate how to help their black comrade, who needs a surgeon but probably won't get treatment at the field hospital.
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.
Censeur ( French Navy): Naval Battle of Genoa, 14 August: The Pégase-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy. HMS Censeur : The Pégase-class ship of the line was captured in October by the French Navy. Columbus ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French on 14 January while on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to London. She ...
The same day, Governor Nicholas Cooke signed orders addressed to Captain Abraham Whipple, commander of the sloop Katy and commodore of the armed vessels employed by the government. [ 6 ] The first formal movement for the creation of a Continental navy came from Rhode Island because its merchants' widespread shipping activities had been severely ...
The Battle of Columbus may refer to: The Battle of Columbus (1865) , the last major land battle in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, April 16, 1865 The Battle of Columbus (1916) , a conflict between Pancho Villa and the U.S. Cavalry occurring in the Southwest U.S.
USS Providence was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy.The ship took part in a number of campaigns during the first half of the American Revolutionary War before being destroyed by her own crew in 1779 to prevent her falling into the hands of the British after the failed Penobscot Expedition.
Andrew Doria was a brig [1] purchased by the Continental Congress in November 1775. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Nassau—the first amphibious engagement by the Continental Navy and the Continental Marines—and for being the first United States vessel to receive a salute from a foreign power.
A reenactment of the battle was filmed in Columbus, Georgia in March 1915 for the movie The Spirit of Columbus 1865-1915. [A lost film.] Several battle scenes were incorporated into a story of romance. The movie was screened during the Columbus Homecoming festivities on April 14–17, 1915 to commemorate the battle's fiftieth anniversary.