Bayonets, Battles, and Betrayals

Immediately after Franklin's death and bloody massacre in Pensacola, the death of General Washington was transmitted to New Orleans. The patriot finally reached an agreement between the Spanish and the French. And they desperately tried to find a new leader who could satisfy the great power of his predecessor. The first choice of rebels was Benedict Arnold, but he was unable to walk after his leg was crushed by Pensacola. After weeks of meetings and hours of deliberation, the freedom son chose Harry Brown as the leader of the New World Force.

"Bayonet - July 2, 1863" depicts the 20th main corps of the small dome of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania by American historical artist Don Troyani. Because there was no ammunition, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain led the bayonet corps. The 3-day battle is generally considered to be the turning point of the American Civil War. This week marks the 150th anniversary of the battle. The picture by Don Troiani Livermore says: "There are thirty or forty deaths (groups), they spent three days in the hot weather in July, see the men who have just been killed, but all men are purple and It is as big as two black men. "Tom Desjardin courtesy

The war was undulating along the shores of the Great Lakes, soldiers died of disease, starvation, cold, to the same extent as the number of enemy bullets and bayonets. Battle and skirmishes are chaotic cruelty. In 1814, British notorious looting in Washington was later proved to be revenge for the "burning" United States upstream of Canada including the American loot of York City (now Toronto) in April 1813 . According to William Alan, a military official led by York, "As a pretext to finding public property, the town reported that few houses had escaped investigation of 1 or 2 minutes.

The fierce battle lasted an hour, stabbed with a brutal battle, approach firing and a bayonet. After a while the rebels achieved almost the goals that they chose and a small oak tree was made on Cemetery Ridge. However, the reinforcement of the alliance and the reorganized infantry troops flooded and pioneered the revolt group. The striking invincible rebel faction finally began to pave the way and the human wave prosecuted by picket has already begun to retreat as these people have retreated from the slope. The greatest effort of Lee's army was repulsed and 7,500 people were lying on the battlefield.