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| 1. | Famous People | Famous People by generationsgoneby.com
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| 2. | American Civil War |
The American Civil War, also known as the War Between the States and the War of the Rebellion, was a civil conflict from 1861 to 1865 between Union and Confederate military forces in the United States of America .
 An illustration of A battle in 1861 by Charles Carleton Coffin, the Civil War correspondent for the Boston Journal Courtesy of: University of Southern Flordia |
| 3. | American Revolutionary War | The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence was a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen united former British colonies on the North American continent their allies. The war was the culmination of the political American Revolution, whereby the colonists and their allies overthrew British rule.
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| 4. | Battle for Mexico City |
The Battle for Mexico City refers to the series of engagements from September 8 to September 15, 1847, in the general vicinity of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.
Included are major actions at the battles of Molino del Rey and Chapultepec, culminating with the fall of Mexico City.
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| 5. | Battle of Antietam |
The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South), fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties.
 The Charge of Iron Brigade Chromolithograph by Louis Prang and Company of an original painting by Thure de Thulstrup Courtesy of: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| 6. | Battle of Churubusco |
The Battles of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Contreras (Padierna) during the Mexican-American War. The defeat of the Mexican army at Churubusco left the U.S. Army only 5 miles (8 km) away from Mexico City.
A month later, following an abortive ceasefire and failed negotiations, Mexico City fell to U.S. forces.
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| 7. | Battle of Contreras |
The Battle of Contreras, also known as the Battle of Padierna, took place during the August 19–20, 1847, during the march for Mexico City in the final encounters of the Mexican-American War.
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| 8. | Battle of Fort Duquesne |
The Battle of Fort Duquesne, which took place on September 14, 1758, was a failed attempt by elements of General John Forbes's British-American army to harass Fort Duquesne in the Ohio Valley during the French and Indian War. Forbes had a total of 6,000 men that he had recruited in Fort Littleton in Pennsylvania, including a contingent of 2,000 Virginian and Pennsylvania militia led by George Washington.
 The Taking of Fort Duquesne by Alfred R. Waud Courtesy of: The New York Public Library |
| 9. | Battle of Fort Necessity |
The Battle of the Great Meadows, also known as the Battle of Fort Necessity was a battle of the French and Indian War fought on July 3, 1754 in present-day Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
It, along with the Battle of Jumonville Glen, are considered the opening shots of the French and Indian War which would spread to the Old World and become the Seven Years' War. It marked George Washington's only military surrender.
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| 10. | Battle of Jumonville Glen |
The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War fought on May 28, 1754 near what is present-day Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant Colonel George Washington was leading an expedition to meet up with a group of Frontiersmen who had set out a few months earlier in order to build a fort. On his way, Washington received word that a French party of 50 soldiers was in the area. Fearing they may be a raiding party, Washington ambushed them, and nearly every Frenchmen was killed or captured. This skirmish would prove to be the opening shots of the Seven Years War.
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| 11. | Battle of Wilson's Creek | The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, between Union forces and the Missouri State Guard, early in the American Civil War.
 The Battle of Wilson's Creek by Kurz & Allison Courtesy of: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was the first major battle of the war west of the Mississippi River and is sometimes called the "Bull Run of the West." The Confederates attacked the Union forces three times that day but failed to break through the Union line. Lyon was killed during the battle and Major Samuel D. Sturgis replaced him. Meanwhile, the Confederates had routed Sigel's column, south of Skegg's Branch. Following the third Confederate attack, which ended at 11:00 a.m., the Confederates withdrew. Sturgis realized, however, that his men were exhausted and his ammunition was low, so he ordered a retreat to Springfield. The Confederates were too disorganized and ill-equipped to pursue. This Confederate victory buoyed southern sympathizers in Missouri and served as a springboard for a bold thrust north that carried Price and his Missouri State Guard as far as Lexington. In late October, a rump convention, convened by Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson, met in Neosho and passed out an ordinance of secession. Wilson's Creek, the most significant 1861 battle in Missouri, gave the Confederates control of southwestern Missouri. |
| 12. | Battles | Battles fought in Generations Gone By |
| 13. | Black Hawk War of 1832 |
The Black Hawk War of 1832 took place took place just south of the Bad Axe River in the western region of modern day Wisconsin.
The war was named for Black Hawk, a war chief of the Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo Native Americans, whose British Band fought against the United States Army and militia from Illinois and the Michigan Territory (present-day Wisconsin) for possession of lands in the area.
 Painting of Black Hawk by Robert M. Sully Courtesy of: The Wisconsin Historical Society The Black Hawk War of 1832 resulted in the deaths of 70 settlers and soldiers, and hundreds of Black Hawk's band. As well as the combat casualties of the war, a relief force under General Winfield Scott suffered hundreds dead and deserted. The war also resulted in the settlement of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. It ended the threat of Native American attacks in northwest Illinois and allowed the region to be further settled. |
| 14. | Burial List | This alphabetical list of all people with burial information includes individuals without a Surname listed first, sorted alphabetically by the first letter of the given name with all others sorted next by first letter of the Surname. |
| 15. | Descendants of Daniel Boone | Descendants of Daniel Boone
 "Daniel Boone" Oil sketch of Daniel Boone by Chester HardingCourtesy of: Wikipedia, the free enccyclopedia Daniel Boone [October 22 (November 2 new style), 1734 – September 26, 1820] was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. Despite resistance from American Indians, for whom Kentucky was a traditional hunting ground, in 1778 Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky. There he founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people entered Kentucky by following the route marked by Boone. Boone was a Militia officer during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), which in Kentucky was fought primarily between settlers and British-allied American Indians. Boone was captured by Shawnees in 1778 and adopted into the tribe, but he escaped and continued to help defend the Kentucky settlements. He was elected to the first of his three terms in the Virginia General Assembly during the war, and fought in the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782, one of the last battles of the American Revolution. Boone worked as a surveyor and merchant after the war, but he went deep into debt as a Kentucky land speculator. Frustrated with legal problems resulting from his land claims, in 1799 Boone resettled in Missouri, where he spent his final years. Boone remains an iconic, if imperfectly remembered, figure in American history. He was a legend in his own lifetime, especially after an account of his adventures was published in 1784, making him famous in America and Europe. After his death, he was frequently the subject of tall tales and works of fiction. His adventures—real and legendary—were influential in creating the archetypal Western hero of American folklore. In American popular culture, he is remembered as one of the foremost early frontiersmen, even though the mythology often overshadows the historical details of his life. |
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| 17. | King, Queens & Royalty |  "Kings, Queens & Other Royalty |
| 18. | Korean War | The Korean War |
| 19. | Mayflower | Mayflower Passengers and their Descendants
 "The Mayflower In Plymouth Harbour" Courtesy of: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mayflower was the famous ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts (which would become the capital of Plymouth Colony), in 1620. There were 102 passengers and a crew of 25-30. The vessel left England on September 6 (Old Style)/September 16 (New Style), and after a gruelling 66-day journey marked by disease, which claimed two lives, the ship dropped anchor inside the hook tip of Cape Cod (Provincetown Harbor) on November 11/November 21. The Mayflower was originally destined for the mouth of the Hudson River, near present-day New York City, at the northern edge of England's Virginia colony, which itself was established with the 1607 Jamestown Settlement. However, the Mayflower went off course as the winter approached, and remained in Cape Cod Bay. On March 21/28, 1621, all surviving passengers, who had inhabited the ship during the winter, moved ashore at Plymouth, and on April 5/15, the Mayflower, a privately commissioned vessel, returned to England. In 1623, a year after the death of captain Christopher Jones, the Mayflower was most likely dismantled for scrap lumber in Rotherhithe, London. The Mayflower has a famous place in American history as a symbol of early European colonization of the future US. With their religion oppressed by the English Church and government, the small party of religious Puritan separatists who comprised about half of the passengers on the ship desired a life where they could practice their religion freely. This symbol of religious freedom resonates in US society and the story of the Mayflower is a staple of any American history textbook. Americans whose roots are traceable back to New England often believe themselves to be descended from Mayflower passengers. The main record for the voyage of the Mayflower and the disposition of the Plymouth Colony comes from William Bradford who was a guiding force and later the governor of the colony. |
| 20. | Mexican-American War | The Mexican–American War was a military conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. |
| 21. | Pickett's Charge |
Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
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| 22. | Presidents, First Ladies, Vice Presidents & Other Politicians |
 Presidents, First Ladies, Vice Presidents & Other Politicians This area is a work in progress check back! |
| 23. | Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and their Descendants | Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and their Descendants
 "Witchcraft at Salem Village" Courtesy of: Wikipedia, the free enccyclopedia |
| 24. | Seminole Wars | The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between various groups of Native Americans collectively known as Seminoles and the United States, part of a series of conflicts called the Seminole Wars. The Second Seminole War, often referred to as the Seminole War, was the most expensive Indian War fought by the United States, and lasted longer than any war involving the United States between the American Revolution and the Vietnam War. |
| 25. | Seven Year's War | The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces allied with them. The conflict, the fourth such colonial war between the kingdoms of France and Great Britain, resulted in the British conquest of all of New France east of the Mississippi River, as well as Spanish Florida. |
| 26. | Siege of Boston | The Siege of Boston (April 20, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War, in which New England militiamen—and then the Continental Army—surrounded the city of Boston, Massachusetts, to prevent movement by the British Army garrisoned within. The Americans, led by George Washington, eventually forced the British to withdraw from the city after an 11-month siege. It was the longest single conflict of the War. |
| 27. | Vietnam War | The Vietnam War was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
The Vietcong, the lightly armed South Vietnamese communist insurgency, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The North Vietnamese Army engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large-sized units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search-and-destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery and air strikes.
The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. Military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s and combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet Offensive. Despite a peace treaty signed by all parties in January 1973, fighting continued. In response to the anti-war movement, the U.S. Congress passed the Case-Church Amendment in June 1973 prohibiting further U.S. military intervention. In April 1975, North Vietnam captured Saigon. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year.
The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, 1.5 to 2 million Laotians and Cambodians, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers. www.wikipedia
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| 28. | War of 1812 | The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire (particularly Great Britain and British North America), was fought from 1812 to 1815. |
| 29. | World War 1 |
World War I also known as WWI, The Great War, The First World War, and the War to End All Wars.
This was a global war fought mainly in Europe from 28 June 1914 – 11 November 1918.
The fighting mainly took place along several fronts that broadly encircled the European continent, Africa and the Middle East and briefly in China and the Pacific Islands.
The war was fought between two major alliances. The Entente Powers initially consisted of France, the United Kingdom, Russia, and their associated empires and dependencies. Numerous other states joined these allies, most notably Japan in August 1914, Italy in April 1915, and the United States in April 1917.
The war was ended by several treaties, most notably the Treaty of Versailles, signed on 28 June 1919, though the Allied powers had an armistice with Germany in place since 11 November 1918. One of the most striking results of the war was a large redrawing of the map of Europe. All of the Central Powers lost territory, and several new nations were created.
After the war, the League of Nations was created as an international organization designed to avoid future wars by giving nations a means of solving their differences diplomatically. World War I ended the world order which had existed since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and was an important factor in the outbreak of World War II.
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| 30. | World War II |
World War II also known as WWII or the Second World War was a global war fought from 28 June 1914 – 11 November 1918 between two opposing military alliances the Allies (the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America) and the Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan).
WWII was a global war, but, was mostly concentrated in eastern/western Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa.
The war involved the mobilization of over 100 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history.
The Soviet Union and the United States emerged from the war as the world's leading superpowers. This set the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 45 years. The United Nations was formed as a successor to the League of Nations after WWII in the hopes of preventing another such conflict.
Estimates for the total casualties of the war vary, but most suggest that some 60 million people died in the war, including about 20 million soldiers and 40 million civilians. Many civilians died because of disease, starvation, massacres, and deliberate genocide.
The Soviet Union lost around 27 million people during the war, about half of all World War II casualties. Of the total deaths in World War II, approximately 85 percent were on the Allied side (mostly Soviet and Chinese) and 15 percent on the Axis side. One estimate is that 12 million civilians died in Nazi concentration camps, 1.5 million by bombs, 7 million in Europe from other causes, and 7.5 million in China from other causes. Figures on the amount of total casualties vary to a wide extent because the majority of deaths were not documented. |