Search results for "Military of the United States" - New World Encyclopedia
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- U.S. Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired ... In San Francisco, California, following the civil war, he obtained ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 04:50, 14 June 2023
- 1821) was a Chilean general, considered one of the founders of independent ... After the Spanish Reconquista ("Reconquest"), he continued ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President ... The speech was delivered over 10 months before the Armistice with ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- A suicide attack is an attack on a military or civilian target, in ... with Samson's suicidal destruction of a Philistine temple (as recounted ...11 KB (1,667 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- The Nuremberg Code is a landmark document that delineates a set of ... Arising from the horrifying experiments conducted on people by Nazi ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 15:28, 10 October 2021
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 was a measure adopted ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 2023
- Japanese naval officer and statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and ... In 1860, Katsu commanded the Kanrin-maru, a tiny triple-masted schooner ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 17:15, 5 October 2022
- |observedby=United States |date=Last Monday in May | |observances=visiting ... |longtype=Federal (and most U.S. states) |type=national ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally ... Marching bands are generally categorized by function and by the style ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was the site of the American Continental ... The weather began to ease in February and Washington appointed General ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- lawyer who played a role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws and outlawing ... in Washington, D.C., just blocks away from the Supreme Court building. His ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 19:09, 4 December 2023
- composer, conductor, band leader, and author of the late nineteenth and early ... Sousa composed at least 136 marches, many of which included innovative ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 2024
- The Andersonville prison, located at Camp Sumter, was the largest ... Early in the American Civil War, prisoners were commonly paroled and ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
- 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military officer and explorer. Fremont ... Fremont was the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- A bomb is any of a range of devices that can be exploded to produce ... The term "bomb" is not usually applied to explosive devices ...13 KB (2,042 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with ... and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- The United States expedition to Korea in 1871, which came to be known ... For several centuries leading up to the nineteenth, Korea had maintained ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- 1822 – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). ... One of the most capable Native American opponents the United States ...13 KB (2,097 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from ... The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
