kumpulan berbagai informasi sejarah / riwayat dan peristiwa penting lainnya dalam sejarah manusia
Conceived as a peacemaker, the inventor’s weapon ushered in an era of mechanized killing. Rumors raged. In ex- cited whispers, in idle conversations that filled the nervous hours be- tween battles, soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War gossiped about the sketchy reports of a fantastic new weapon. Unlike such familiar firearms as …
The post Mr. Gatling’s Game-Changing Gun appeared first on HistoryNet.
‘Now on to Mexico!’The Civil War had not even ended when U.S. leaders began contemplating another war. A few days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox in April 1865, Union General Ulysses S.… Read MoreRebel Rally in the Sunshine StateUnion hopes in Florida end with a thud at the 1864 Battle of Olustee. The value of Florida to Union prospects in the Civil War— and to some degree President Abraham Lincoln’s reele… Read MoreBeating a Messy Retreat: Confederates Escaping NashvilleCould battered rebels escape a Yankee trap at Nashville? Private Matthew Raspberry of the 15th Mississippi slumped forward against the stone wall. Then another soldier sprawled fac… Read MoreCease Fire: Lincoln in Jeopardy!It was not so much that the students of Newtown, Conn., have suffered enough, which heaven knows they have— and their parents, too. But back in late July, Alex Trebek, of all peopl… Read MoreBurnside’s Bleak MidwinterThe reluctant general from Rhode Island nearly ruined the Army of the Potomac. Weary of giving insubordinate George McClellan chances to prove his worth, Abraham Lincoln replaced h… Read More
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar