Charles White Whittlesey

Valerie M. White Dr. Raul S. Chavez History 8: US History 1865 to Present February 13, 2017 Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality The book is written by, Slotkin, Richard. Lost Battalions: The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality. New York, N.Y: Henry Holt and Company, 2005. Print. During the Great War, American Nationality and a nation struggling with inequalities came to the forefront. Slotkin concentrates his writings on the heroic African American

as a homing pigeon.1 She is known to the world as one of the greatest heroes of World War 1, for saving the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division in the Battle of the Argonne, in October 1918. Impact in history: On October 3rd, 1918, Major Charles White Whittlesey, along with 500 soldiers of the 77th division, was trapped behind enemy lines without much food or water. Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of German soldiers, many of his men were killed or wounded.2 Within 24 hours, roughly 200 of the

Britain had been the most powerful empire up until this point in history, but hemorrhaged much of its wealth through the extreme cost of World War I. Initially the United States was left out of Europe’s conflict. Materials began running low for the combatants, as it requires much in the way of food and steel among other things. The US started off contributing materially to the British, not out of favoritism, but due to the British blockade they were unable to reach Germany with supplies. When Germany

it was the capital of the nation– that is, of the North that had set them free.” -Walter Dyson, A.M. History Founding of Howard University On November 19, 1866, a number of members of the First Congregational missionary society met to hear Dr. Charles B Boynton, presiding minister, emphasize the special obligation of the nation and clergy to the recently emancipated freedmen. Reverend Benjamin F. Morris, a member of the society, then enthusiastically spoke about a visit to Wayland Seminary. During

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