The conflict between the Spanish and English over the area between South Carolina and Florida lasted over twenty years. The actual fighting began about 1739, just six years after General James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733. The disputes between the Spanish and the British were over land claims and piracy on the seas. In one particular incident, Captain Robert Jenkins’ reported his ear cut off by a Spanish sailor. The ensuing conflicts became known as “The War of Jenkin’s Ear.” The Battle of Bloody Marsh took place during this conflict. The Battle of Bloody Marsh resulted in a significant English victory and marked the beginning of a safe, southern frontier for Georgia. Failing to take St. Augustine after several attempts, Oglethorpe retreated to St. Simons Island to make preparations for a battle with the Spanish. Fortifying Fort St. Simons, at the site of today’s lighthouse, became his mission. However, the Spanish met little resistance at Fort St. Simons. The Spanish overpowered Fort St. Simons then started to advance toward Fort Frederica. However, they met with some resistance along the way. Following the charge by Oglethorpe and his troops, the Spanish turned back. This battle, known as the Battle of Gully Hole Creek, significantly …show more content…
injured the Spanish forces (Sweet). The Spanish brought with them over 2000 troops. General Oglethorpe’s English troops numbered just under 1000 men on St. Simons Island. To protect Savannah and Darien, Oglethorpe built Fort Frederica.
As the Spanish advanced again to take Fort Frederica, Oglethorpe was waiting. Slowly moving through the swampy lands on St. Simons the Spanish headed toward Fort Frederica with high confidence. Posting a regiment of Foot Soldiers and Darien’s Independent Company of Highlanders in a wooded area overlooking the marsh where Spanish soldiers would have to cross, Oglethorpe returned to Ft. Frederica (Swinson 137). Oglethorpe then left to retrieve more soldiers. When he returned, the battle was over. The troops had stood off the Spanish until they ran out of ammunition and retreated. Even though he arrived after the fighting, Oglethorpe became the victor (Coleman
189). Through the years, embellishing the story of the fierce fighting at Bloody Marsh, the story grew. Thus, the theory that the marsh ran red with the blood of dead Spanish soldiers. The battle got its name from the location rather from the number of casualties. There were relatively few deaths. Oglethorpe and the Spanish lost less than fifty men in the battle. The website for Fort Frederica says the official Spanish records indicate only seven Spanish men died (NPS). More men died at the Battle of Gully Hole Creek. The Battle of Bloody Marsh was an important battle victory for the English. The battle determined Georgia would be English rather than Spanish. A marble monument at the site of the Battle of Bloody Marsh has a brass plaque which includes a quotation of Oglethorpe about his resolve in the face of the Spanish invasion: “We are resolved not to suffer defeat. We will rather die like Leonidas and his Spartans - if we can but protect Georgia and Carolina and the rest of the Americans from desolation” (Monument at Bloody Marsh Site). The Battle of Bloody Marsh takes on a new meaning when visited. The fight lasted only one hour. However, the impact on Georgia is immeasurable. The Battle of the Bloody Marsh marked the end of threats against Georgia from the Spanish. Today the battle site is serene and calm. There is an aura of quietness in the area, and it is an excellent spot to think about history.
In 1675, tensions between Native Americans and colonists residing in New England erupted into the brutal conflict that has come to be known as King Philip's War, the bloodiest battle in America history, in proportion to population it was also the deadliest war in American history. The English colonists wished to rid the country of the Indians in order to seize their land. They believed the Indians were savages and therefore were not worthy of equal rights.
Stokley, J. (1886, April 17). Fort Moultrie and the Battle of Sullivans Island. Retrieved from Charleston County Public Library: http://www.ccpl.org/content.asp?id=15742&catID=6047&action=detail&parentID=5748#credits
Major Anderson thought that the people of Charleston were about t attempt to seize Fort Sumter. He would not stand for this, so since he was commander of all the defenses of the harbor, and without any orders to disagree with him, he said that he could occupy any one of his choice. Since he was being watched he only told his plan to three or four officers that he knew that he could trust. He first removed the women and children with a supply of provisions. They were sent to Fort Johnson on Dec. 26 in vessels. The firing of tree guns at Moultrie was to be the signal for them to be conveyed to Sumter. In the evening the garrison went to Sumter. The people of Charleston knew that the women and children were at Fort Johnson and thought that Anderson would take his troops there. (www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battlefort-sumter.html)
Clark, during the 1770’s, was helping Kentucky defend itself from Native Americans. At the time, Clark was transporting gunpowder to the frontier between the Americans and the British. The Native Americans, who lived in the Northwest, disliked the Americans in the Northwest and their claim on Kentucky and with the British backing, waged war with the Americans. Clark was now in charge of defending the settlements and was promoted to major. Clark then made plans in taking British held forts in the region and persuaded Governor Patrick Henry to support him in capturing the forts. Clark had won the support of Patrick Henry, was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was given command of the mission (“George Clark” 1). With the command of the mission, Clark had lead 175 men who traveled to Fort Kaskaskia, Illinois in six days. The fort was almost defenseless and was easily taken with Clark’s force. Clark had sent Captain Leonard Helm to capture Fort Sackville, after learning that the fort was undefended from American spies. Leonard Helm had then captured the fort, but was taken back by Henry Hamilton shortly after. Henry Hamilton, the famous British “Hair Buyer”, used militia and Native Americans to take Fort Sackville. In the winter, Clark lead a force of 170 men ...
Most of the sources of conflict were placed on land claims. General James Oglethorpe, while in command, made several attempts to seize Spanish territory. Most proved to be unsuccessful because of the use of numerous commanders and varied armed forces which resulted in ineffectiveness spoiling his advantage of surprise (Doc B). Commanders even failed when attempts were made to attack using the combination of land with sea due to the inability to coordinate the two forces (Doc B). Inevitably, despite England’s good defense planning when making Georgia a buffer colony, in the end the constant battle over land with enemies and defiant colonists led to the defensive
In 1775, Benedict Arnold had taken his first victory-Fort Ticonderoga. The Battle of the fort occured on May 10, 1775. Arnold and four-hundred soldiers stood opposite of the fort on Lake Champlain and waited for the scouting units to return (CIA). When they had returned, they told Benedict that the fort had only housed fourty-nine British soldiers, a megar amount compared to Benedict's. But the scouts had also noted that there were only two boats that could transport Benedict and his soldiers, therefore only a hundred or so men actually particapted in the capturing of Fort Ticonderoga (History Ticonderoga). Benedict still wanted to suprise the soldiers, so they attacked Ticonderoga's south gate, where only one sentry was stationed. Benedict damanded their surround once they had rose from their sleep. The British troops complied and the fort was won with no casualties and not a single shot fired (CIA). With the fort under the patriots control, the army gained a hundred cannons that the army despreately needed (fourty-three of which were transported and used by General Knox against the British at Boston) and a passage from New York into Canada( History Ticonderoga)which led Benedict to his next military excersion.
These men had returned with the news of a Spanish outpost with the name Las Guasimas. By afternoon of the same day the Rough Riders had been order to head out to the location of Las Guasimas and eliminate all opposition and secure the surrounding area, the men would camp outside the outpost then attack the next morning. For started, the Rough Riders were at a disadvantage, they were not accustom to the dense jungles of Cuba in which they were fighting in, and did not know the jungles trails like the Spanish did. Yet the next morning the attack commenced, with General Young, commander of the cavalry and regulars, attacked the outpost straight on.
The Civil War was the bloodiest, most devestating war that has ever been fought on American soil. It began on April 12, 1861, at 4:30 in the morning. The main reason that the war was fought was because Southern states believed that they should have the right to use African-Americans as slaves, and the Northern States opposed that belief.
fighting was then focused in Georgia, with an eye on the taking of Atlanta. Those
In 1755, Braddock was dispatched to command the British and colonial forces in North America's first significant battle. With the major aim to capture Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River Valley, he commanded a force of 1,400 British regulars and 700 colonial militia. After crossing the Monongahela River on July 9, 1755, they were ambushed by 900 French, Canadians, and Native Americans. Braddock refused to allow his men to take cover and arranged them in the British traditional column formation. This allowed the French to easily ambush the British forces because they used the surrounding trees as cover. So, despite the fact that the British outnumbered the French, the French won. In all, the British lost 977 men and the French only lost
Major General Webb was the commanding officer at the Fort William Henry, until he decided to leave for Ft. Edward a few miles away, taking a good number of men with him. This left the fort in the hands of Colonel Monro and Colonel Young and about 2,300 men, and only about half of these men were fit for duty. The fort was bombarded with a garrison of over 7, 500 French soldiers and Indian allies. Monro held out for four days, and did not decide to seek terms with the French until he was notified that reinforcements were not available to Monro at the time.
On October 9, 1781, General George Washington surrounded General Lord Charles Cornwallis at the Virginia port city of Yorktown with 8,500 American soldiers and around 10,000 French soldiers. The bruised up British army contained only around 8,000 soldiers. The Siege of Yorktown lasted eight days, and Cornwallis had to surrender to American forces. The British loss crushed their southern army and forced them to give up on the war. The surrender of Yorktown could easily be one of the greatest moments in American history. Not only did the surrender signal the end of the war, but it also signaled that independence had been won by the colonies. No longer would the colonies have to answer to Great Britain and the tyrants that ruled it.
... that allegedly claims that the Fourth of July (Independence Day Holiday) had not been celebrated by Vicksburg until the occurrence of World War II. Though, celebrates of Independence Day were taken place as early as 1907.
This marked the only chance Georgia had at becoming a free state, away from the tight grasps of the British, because they had the help of the French’s navy, superior weapons, and higher manpower. The Siege of Savannah was fought by the British on one side and the French troops and American Patriots on the other side. It was a Franco-American effort against the British, and the French played a major role in the war with General d’Estaing as one of their major generals, but his and the Patriots’ preparations and what went wrong in the battle made it a loss, which led to a chain of events that affected the entire war.
It was part of the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe and it occurred between 1702 and 1713. In February, 1704 at daybreak, a party of nearly four hundred French and Indians attacked New England from Canada and broke upon the town of Deerfield, Massachusetts.