Colonel Thompson Summary

He positioned his trained infantrymen on top of the first hill as the last line of defense. The militia was placed in front of the hill and the sharpshooters were place in front of the militia. The militia was the first line of defense and Morgan ordered his sharpshooter to target specifically the officers and cavalry and fall back in the line of militia before they get in firing range of the redcoats. Once the sharpshooter gets in position with the militia the British army advanced the attack the militia. The militia’s duties were to engage the redcoats for a short amount of then run away to the right side of the side of the hill. Tarleton expected the militia to run away. He sent one infantry unit and one cavalry unit after the militia. However, waiting behind the second hill was Lieutenant Colonel William Washington and his dragoon unit. The British cavalry didn’t expect to encounter another cavalry unit. Washington wiped out the Tarleton’s cavalry then flanked the right of Tarleton’s main element. Simultaneously, the militia ran around the hills to flank the left side. Tarleton found himself in a double envelopment. Tarleton receives 110 casualties, 229 wounded and 829 captured or missing, meanwhile Morgan suffered 25 casualties and 124

Within the chapter “How to Tell a True War Story,” O’Brien writes about a story that Mitchell Sanders recounts to be true. The surrealist part is when Sanders talks about how they heard noises within the forests of Nam. Sanders says, “...but after a while they start hearing -you won’t believe this- they hear chamber music… Then after a while they hear gook opera and a glee club…” (Pg. 71). When he says this he is really adding details to pad the story up. Like when Sanders say, “The whole country. Vietnam. The place talks. It talks. Understand? Nam - it truly talks.” (Pg. 71). He means to say that he added those things that they heard because there were sounds they heard that couldn’t be explained. Later on he says that those things they heard

The textbook and the diary entry are both similar on how the massacre began, but the textbook states that the soldiers came to assist White, ending in the soldier being surrounded by the crowd and one of the soldiers being knocked down. The soldier that was knocked down, got up and fired his musket according to the textbook, but the diary entry stated that Captain Preston commanded the soldiers to fire. The textbook does not state anything about the soldiers being immediately removed, but states that the redcoats left for Canada.

The author of The Colonel, Michael Hogan, details how a certain Army Colonel influenced his life through the sport of tennis. Hogan begins by indicating how mainstreamed tennis is today, to the point an average adolescent could not imagine tennis as a ‘rich man’ sport. In the fifties, when Hogan was a child, tennis was a sport reserved for mostly men at country clubs and private resorts. Women had competed at international competitions such as Wimbledon for a several years, but many of them were amateurs (oftentimes paid little). Fortunately for female tennis players, Billie Jean King’s assertiveness, in 1967, and the Virginia Slim tournaments, in the seventies, influenced tennis to include women in professional tennis (such as Chris Everts

He ordered his men to take up “street firing” positions. He was preparing his men to attack the oncoming rebels. The Redcoats set up their street firing positions from behind the bridge perpendicular to the river. Captain Laurie was inexperienced and called the wrong tactical maneuver for the situation. The street firing tactic was appropriate for sending a large volume of fire into a narrow alley between the buildings of a city, but not for an open path behind a bridge. Confusion ensued as the Redcoats started retreating over the bridge in an attempt to form up in the street-firing position. Redcoat Lieutenant (LT) William Sutherland, who was in the rear of the formation, knew that maneuver was not adequate for the situation and ordered flankers to be sent out. LT Sutherland was from a different company and only four soldiers obeyed him. The remainder of the troops, despite the confusion, followed the orders of the superior officer. (1775, 04/19: Battles of Lexington and Concord. (2007, June 26).

The Chief Lieutenant of the Tuskegee Machine by David H. Jackson Jr. exemplifies the life of Charles Banks as Booker T. Washington's main abettor, in the Tuskegee Machine. This descriptive autobiography of Charles Banks life's work, gives the reader an insight into the success of Booker T. Washington. Along with the biography of Charles Banks life, the book also addresses the creation and struggles of Mound Bayou. It also gives the reader an inside look on Booker T. Washington's complex, economic concentrations rooted in the African American Community called the Tuskegee Machine.

I first learned about Omega Psi Phi when I was a child. One of my late father’s best friends would always wear Omega apparel no matter what was going on. The Omega man’s name is Marquette Allen but I always knew him as “Tiny” and this man is far from being small. I grew up with his sons as friends on into high school where we all played football.

The Townshend Acts were a series of acts named after Charles Townshend, that were passed by the British in 1767. The act placed a tax on all goods that the colonies imported from Britain. Some of these taxed goods were glass, paint, paper and tea. Charles Townshend believed that the bad behavior of the colonists made it more important to keep an army in the colonies. Because of that, he proposed the Townshend Acts to the Parliament.

The Regulars (British) were defending themselves from losing their men, they also wanted to keep going with their march, and they thought their opponent (Americans) were going to start firing at

The commander and his officers were stationed at the inn owned by James and Laura Secord. She overheard him talking about his attack plans, and travelled on foot to tell British Colonel Fitzgibbon the news. He prepared to meet the attack at Beaver Dams, with his force of 80 soldiers and 250 Kahnawake Mohawk warriors. Boerstlers main force moved forward and go caught in a cross fire. Boerstlers was wounded and the Mohawks surrounded them. Fitzgibbons stepped forward in the heat of battle and he said he would protect the Americans from the Mohawks if they would surrender, and that was the way it

When the British attacked the Patriot right and center, Colonel Samuel Miles moved his men west toward the attacking British. ("George & Peter Trine Soldiers Of The Revolution." The Battle of Long Island. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2016 .) This maneuver left the Jamacia Pass without any defenders. Learning that the pass was no longer defended, Miles was ordered back. He arrived at Jamacia Pass in time to witness the end of Howe's column moving through the pass. Understanding the danger of the situation, Miles sent half of his men toward the main line to warn them and escape. With the other 250 troops, Miles attacked Howe’s men. Almost all of them were captured, including

Troop 1324 consisted of about fifteen, second grade girls. We were all wonderfully and vastly different from each other, which made our troop more extraordinary. Looking back, a majority of girls in my troop came from broken places. Abigail Several of these second grade girls had divorced parents, family members with illnesses, disabilities, and faced some traumatic situations. Our troop was showered with hardships, but it only brought us closer to one another. It wired us to become a

The battle had finally swung in favor of the Americans for a brief moment. The amount of casualties the NKPA took is unclear however, the NPKA realized that a frontal attack on the hill in which Task Force Smith sat was not feasible. (Ibid, pg 73) Despite the heavy casualties, the NPKA held their position and waited for reinforcements. When the reinforcements arrived, they were able to flank the depleted Task Force and rout-out the American position with an overwhelming force. Task Force Smith had quickly been over ran and most of the casualties came from the withdraw as the American soldiers were exposed to enemy fire. When the fighting had concluded, the Americans returned with 250 soldiers on the American occupied territory by the end of

As General Longstreet prepared to carry out Lee’s orders, Union Chief Engineer Warren was sent to see what Little Round Top looked like. Warren was shocked that it was not defended properly. Warren asked for backup. Colonel Strong Vincent ordered the 20th Maine Regiment overseen by Colonel Chamberlain to defend Little Round Top. Chamberlain was instructed not to retreat no matter what. Colonel Chamberlain instructed the soldiers to fight with a Bayonet Charge because they were almost out of ammunition. (“Robert” History.com).

As the battle went on, the Prussian Army was fast approaching. When Napoleon received word of the impending Prussian arrival, he decided to send 20,000 troops, to his left flank, to intercept the Prussians. Although, this was a sensible approach, it severely weakened the main attack. The French finally push through and took La Haye Sainte (the estate in the center of the Battlefield) but, this would end up being a small victory in a battle that would have an inevitable outcome. The British retreated their men, behind the ridge, in an attempt to hide them from the French viewpoint. The French, thinking they had the British on their heels, sent their elite soldiers (Old Guard) up the middle of the battlefield and over the ridge. Unknowingly to the French, Duke Wellington hatched a plan to hide some of his troops. As the Old Guard begins its assault, of the British center line, they are surprised by British troops lying in wait, on their flanks, in the high corn fields. The Old Guard is routed by three horse batteries attacking their flanks. With the Prussian Army destroying the left flank of the French Army, Wellington sounds the general charge. The charge is successful in pushing back the French lines. Napoleon regroups his Old Guard and orders them to attack. By this time, the Old Guard is down to under 200 men. Once again, Wellington uses his plan to hide