For the total number of participants who actually fought, accounting for those who turned and fled prior to or at the start of the action, this battle had among the highest percentage of casualties throughout the war, estimated at 60% among the patriots. There is no official repo...
and one-timehabaneraAnna Veltfort shares the contents of her “Cuban Cold War closet,” revealing long-held secrets from the decade she and her family spent in Cuba during the Revolution’s honeymoon years. For her, and for many other young gay artists of her generation, these were both t...
Participants for years remembered pandemonium: the shrill blasts of Ferguson’s whistle mingled with backwoodsmen’s loud yells, the roar of hundreds of blazing guns, shouts of command, pain and fear, and a thick sulfuric fog from black powder that hung over the battle, blinding and smothering...
The turning point of the Revolutionary War gets a lavish treatment here, with a thorough battlefield account amplified by a detailed cast of participants, a time line, and notes on weaponry, battleships, and uniforms. Capturing the drama of the events without being exploitative, Ferrie describes ...
According to participants, Tarleton’s advance force caught up to Buford’s rear guard at 3:00 PM. Continental surgeon Robert Brownfield reported that five American dragoons were captured in a quick sharp action. He stated that the leader, Captain Pearson, was “inhumanely mangled” by saber ...
Braddock’s campaign was a looming portent for the future of the colonies. Many of the participants went on to take major parts in the Revolutionary War: George Washington, Gage, Gates, Mercer, Lee and several others. Signing the oath of loyalty ...
Participants experienced the ectasy and unity of opposition to, and sudden success against, the old regime. But it quickly became unclear what was to be done next. In some cases, there was an apparent commitment to a free-market ideology, but there was little commitment to the details and ...
The next stop 5, took participants up another part of Hill 2 into an overgrown tomb belonging to Boey Chuan Poh who built Wan Qing Wan A sight of the tomb of Boey Chuan Poh, he is not a poor man but he has a really humble tomb, unmatched to his social status at that time. ...
participants in the Revolution. Harriet Beecher Stowe, in the introduction to Nell’s work, perfectly expresses the value of services given by African-Americans. Nell’s work is a brilliant reassessment of history and wonderfully explains the contributions of African-Americans to the War of ...
0) Thanking ALL participants and not just the leads (“主角”) Many have thanked the “lead participants” (“主角”) of the Hong Kong award-winning documentary《給十九歲的我》“To My 19 year old self”. My thanks go toallappearing in front of camera and behind the scenes, you have ...