Battle Of Springfield Research Paper

In 1781 general George Washington and his 17,000 troops of the continental army and the army of France entered the city of Yorktown, Virginia. With Lord General Cornwallis he only had 9,000 troops to try to defend the city of Yorktown. This is known as the most important battle in the revolutionary war.

The observation and fields of fire favored the Franco-American forces. They were prepared to conduct reconnaissance on the British to gather intelligence that was useful in their attacks. They were able to destroy, neutralize, and suppress the enemy with effective artillery bombardments. The Franco-American troops were also able to occupy the abandoned redoubts, which helped establish fire superiority. The British were able to fire artillery in retaliation but fell short in accomplishing large amounts of damages. As the British crossed the river into Gloucester, they suffered a high number of casualties at the hands of the cannon batteries. At this point in the battle, Cornwallis did not have enough ammunition or supplies and

Some of the Hessian and British soldiers tried to escape over Assunpink Bridge, but General Sullivan led troops to the bridge and guarded it to prevent more escapes. The Hessians and British were now trapped. The Hessians who tried to escape through the apple orchards and over Assunpink Bridge were all forced to surrender. The Americans had won the battle of Trenton in less than two hours.

As previously mentioned, the militia were already expecting the arrival of the British Troops. Six troops were being led by Major John Pitcairn while reinforcements were being requested. The militia that awaited Pitcairn and his troops consisted of 137 men who were assembled by Captain John Parker. The militia waited in taverns while a few men were sent out to locate the British troops and figure out their estimated time of arrival. Unfortunately, many of these men did not return. They were mostly arrested by the British.

The Battle of Shiloh is also called The Battle of Pittsburg Landing and was fought April 6-7, 1862. The battle took place in southwest Tennessee, the western theater. An army known as the Army of Tennessee, lead by Ulysses Grant, advanced into Tennessee territory by route of the Tennessee River. While they were camped deep in Tennessee territory the Confederate Army of Mississippi launched a surprise attack on General Grant and his soldiers. General Albert Sidney Johnston and his second-in-command P. G. T. Beauregard initiated the first assault on the Union troops. Unfortunately General Johnston was mortally wounded. General Beauregard decided not to continue the attack throughout the evening. In the morning Grant’s army having been reinforced

to burn the militas arms stache, but the milita beat them to it. When the British reach Concord almost all of the supplies had been hidden or relocated thanks to Paul Reveres efforts. As the British troops were searching and destroying milita supplies in Concord the American militia gathered just outside the town on a hilltop. After gathering several hundred men, the American milita began their slow march into concord. In order to regain entrance into the town of Concord the miltia had to cross the North brigde that was garded by three british companies. After firing a warning shot, the British fired a full scale volley into the American militia, after volleys were exchanged the British troops retreated to avoid a full scale battle. This will be one of the bloodiest retreats recorded in the revolutionary war. As word spread to the colonist about lexinton and concord, colonist came from all over to help in the effort to defened lexington and concord. As the british retreated back to Boston colonist hid along the road behind anything they could and fired on the british all the way back to boston. The British were so appauled by the actions of the colonist and deemed such actions as cowardly or unhonorable. Anyone who was caught inside there home on the road to boston and was suspected of firing on the british were killed and their houses were burned. It was the first american victory in the revolutionary war and a pivotal event

Spies warned General Thomas Gage of the British military that colonists were gathering weapons to fight against the British for their independence. (Waldman 5) On April 14, 1775 General Thomas Gage received covert orders from Britain capture colonial leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who had been provoking the colonists to rebel against the British for their freedom, as well as to capture and destroy the colonial rebels military supplies. Spies and friends of the colonial Patriots leaked out General Gage's plan. Through the late nights of April 19, 1775 General Gage sent 700 British Redcoats to Lexington green. The colonial Patriots had assembled a halt to try and slow the British's progression towards Concord. Both sides came into contact and stood their ground intensely. “Lay down your arms, you damned rebels, or you are all dead men!” (King 25) A shot was fired, (unclear still to this day what side shot first) and the Battle of Lexington and Concord had begun! Chaos back and forth between the two sides as they were firing at each other. When the smoke had cleared eight rebellious Patriots lay dead and nine were wounded, while the British Redcoats only had one injured. The British Redcoats

The Battle of Long Island was one important military battle between Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), and it is called the Battle of Brooklyn Heights. The Battle took place on Tuesday, August 27, 1776, after the announcement of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Battle of Long Island was a conclusive victory for the British which made George Washington, and the Continental Army forced out from New York to Pennsylvania. The British controlled New York City to the end of the Revolutionary War. The Battle of the Long Island took place after the Announcement of Independence on 27 August 1776. It was known as the first biggest battle at that time which destroyed over 300 building. The Battle took place at the southwest of Long Island, New York, which is Brooklyn now.

The Revolutionary War was a dreadful war leaving almost 70,000 U.S. and British soldiers dead or wounded. The war lasted eight years with America, France, Spain, and the Dutch on one side and Great Britain on the other. On October 19, 1781 the last major land battle took place, the Battle of Yorktown. Similar to other battles in the Revolutionary War, the Americans were fighting for independence from the British and as threats from them kept increasing, the situation did not get any better. George Washington is recognized to having inspired the victory achieved over the British forces. The tactics, skills, courage and the collaboration George Washington sought with the

Facing against 1400 Hessians led by Colonel Rahl and the British Sixteenth Light Dragoons. George Washington and 2400 American troops from Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, set to take battle at Trenton. The battle occurred on Christmas Day of 1776. Washington faced against Colonel Rahl, as the battle ensued the Americans only suffered four casualties, while the Hessians suffered twenty killed, 100 wounded and 1000 captured. This was the battle that pivoted the revolution and one of the most famous battles to take place in the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Yorktown began on Tuesday, October 9, 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia. The British find themselves at Yorktown because after General Nathanael Greene came to support the Americans and they started to win battles away from the coast such as Cowpens, King’s Mountain, and Guilford Courthouse. The British knew that the only way they could win is if they went to the coast. Cornwallis marches his troops to Yorktown to have the navy give him reinforcements and supplies. General George Washington marched his army South from New York to Yorktown while Admiral de Grasse sailed North to Chesapeake Bay from the French Caribbean. Marquis Lafayette was at Yorktown because they were following the tracks of Cornwallis’s troops This was at the

On October 1, 1780, Ferguson received intelligence that the Patriot militias were approaching. Ferguson quickly summoned his men and hurriedly left the outposts at Ninety-Six. Ferguson concerned about the size of the Patriot militias, appealed to Loyalist from the surrounding area for their support, and dispatched a courier with a message to Cornwallis requesting for reinforcement. (Walker, 2012) Ferguson and his men left the campsite at Ninety-Six, ordered his men to retreat to Charlotte and join Cornwallis’s

Trenton- The Battle of Trenton is the one where Washington had to cross the Delaware River (as can be seen in the famous picture), and eventually defeated the British military. This was considered a turning point, because their hopes had lifted and they finally believed that they had a chance at winning at war.

This most important Civil War Battle occurred over three summer days, July 1 - July 3 1863, around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as not that big of a deal but by the time it ended, there were 160,000 Americans. Before the battle, a lot major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington D.C, were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched into Pennsylvania. The Union Army of the Potomac under its new commander, General George G. Meade, marched to intercept Lee. ( Jeffry D. Wert)

and draft forces. From 1866 through 1871, the Regiment was posted at Ft. Riley and fought in the Indian Wars, notably at the Battle