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
- in large part for his major victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn against ... Sitting Bull was born around 1831 near the Grand River in present ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 22:40, 29 January 2023
- | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... | date of birth=October 4, 1822 | place of birth=Delaware, Ohio ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
- American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat ... He received the Medal of Honor, although very late in his career. ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- The Cuban Revolution overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista by ... In the context of the Cold War between the Western world, led by the ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 19:27, 5 June 2020
- Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... Cannons were first mounted on Brimstone Hill in 1690, when the British ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 23:08, 20 November 2023
- The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- – June 9, 1874) was a chief (a nantan) of the Chokonen ("central ... Cochise was also famous for his truthfulness and honor and was the ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 22:17, 7 January 2024
- 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential order in 1863 that ... It was a declaration by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 17:52, 13 February 2024
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... to hold a steady job and who abandoned the family before dying in the ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- The Copperheads were a faction of Democrats in the North (see also ... Debate continues about whether the Civil War and all its bloodshed ...19 KB (2,857 words) - 02:59, 8 January 2024
- Ganghwa Island (江華島), known as the first line of defense for ... Ganghwa Island, the fifth largest island in South Korea, sits in the ...8 KB (1,114 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- Just War refers to the concept of warfare as being justified, typically ... The Just War tradition is, first of all, a set of criteria that act ...18 KB (2,937 words) - 06:46, 28 February 2023
- The Oyo Empire was a large West African empire founded in approximately ... Beginning as simply the city of Oyo, it rose to prominence through ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- remains are buried, usually with some form of marker to establish their identity ... A cemetery is generally a place of respect for the dead where the ...16 KB (2,305 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the first ... changed. His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle ... After the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846, most of Major General ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives ... Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the son of Captain John ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 09:28, 28 September 2023
- for slavery, most famous for serving as the only president of the Confederate ... Before the Civil War, Davis served in the Mississippi legislature ...22 KB (3,305 words) - 04:35, 31 July 2022
- North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and the CIA asserts ... The world community left the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) world ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- Civil engineering is a broad field of engineering covering many specialties ... Most civil engineering projects today deal with the planning, construction ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... society that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- leader, nurse, and fundraiser, all as part of her efforts to end slavery ... her a mission. She transcended barriers of both race and gender at a time ...11 KB (1,943 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- The Three Gojoseon kingdoms first appear in Joseon Sangosa and has ... Some leading Korea scholars omit mention of the Three Gojoseon kingdoms ...10 KB (1,333 words) - 21:05, 31 October 2022
- soldier from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American ... Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 04:28, 31 July 2022
- Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term meaning the ... The term "ammunition" is also frequently used for whatever ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- Arlington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located ... Arlington remains an active military cemetery, averaging 5,400 funerals ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- Category:Military A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
