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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Battle of the Wilderness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The battle was fought in the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, an expanse of impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than a dozen square miles of Spotsylvania County in central Virginia.
		A number of battles were fought in its vicinity between 1862 and 1864, including the bloody Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863.
		The battle is usually described as a draw; a better way of describing it would be as a tactical Confederate victory, but a strategic victory for the Union army.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ba/Battle_of_the_Wilderness (907 words)

	1755. Who is 1755? What is 1755? Where is 1755? Definition of 1755. Meaning of 1755.
		July 9 - French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition - British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat to French and Indian forces.
		During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded.
		November 1 - 1755 Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing 60,000 - 90,000 people.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/1755 (257 words)

	Battle of the Wilderness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battlefield was the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, an expanse of impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than 70 square miles (181 km²) of Spotsylvania County in central Virginia.
		A number of battles were fought in the vicinity between 1862 and 1864, including the bloody Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863.
		It is often said that the Wilderness and Chancellorsville were fought in the same spot, but the 1864 battle was actually fought a few miles to the west, and only overlapped the old battlefield along the Brock Road on the Union army's left flank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness (1243 words)

	Battle of the Wilderness - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The battlefield was the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, an expanse of impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than 70 square miles (181 km²) of Spotsylvania County in central Virginia.
		A number of battles were fought in the vicinity between 1862 and 1864, including the bloody Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863.
		It is often said that the Wilderness and Chancellorsville were fought in the same spot, but the 1864 battle was actually fought a few miles to the west, and only overlapped the old battlefield along the Brock Road on the Union army's left flank.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_the_Wilderness (1185 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Battle of the Wilderness - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Battle of the Wilderness, fought from May 5 to May 7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt.
		The battle was tactically inconclusive, as Grant disengaged and continued his offensive.
		On the other hand, for Lee, who was massively outnumbered (61,000 men to Grant's 101,000), accosting Grant in the Wilderness was imperative for the same reason as the year before—in a battle contested in the tangled woods, the value of artillery was limited.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Battle_of_the_Wilderness (1698 words)

	Battle of the Wilderness -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This article is about the Battle of the Wilderness in the (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865) American Civil War.
		The battlefield was the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, an expanse of impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than 70 square miles (181 km²) of Spotsylvania County in central (A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War) Virginia.
		It is often said that the Wilderness and Chancellorsville were fought in the same spot, but the 1864 battle was actually fought a few miles to the west, and only overlapped the old battlefield along the Brock Road on the (The state of being joined or united or linked) Union army's left flank.
	absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Ba/Battle_of_the_Wilderness.htm (1320 words)

	Braddock expedition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Braddock's defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela was a major setback for the British in the early stages of the war with France.
		Setting out from Fort Cumberland in Maryland on May 29, 1755, the expedition faced an enormous logistical challenge: moving a large body of men with equipment, provisions, and (most importantly for the task ahead) heavy cannon, across the densely wooded Allegheny Mountains and into western Pennsylvania, a journey of about 110 miles.
		The battle, which came to be known as the Battle of the Monongahela (or the Battle of the Wilderness, or just Braddock's Defeat), was joined.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Braddock_Expedition (1453 words)

	Battle of the Wilderness Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The battle was fought in the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, an expanse of impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than 70 square miles of Spotsylvania County in central Virginia.
		A number of battles were fought in its vicinity between 1862 and 1864, including the bloody Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863.
		This is the battle of the Wilderness in the American Civil War.
	www.powerandresponsibility.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_the_wilderness.html (936 words)

	History and Uniform of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot, 1755-1760
		The 2nd and 3rd battalions fought at the battle of the Plains of Abraham on 13 September 1759.
		From the date of its raising in 1755, at least one battalion of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot served in North America until 1824, when the name was discontinued and the unit was redesignated The 60th (The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps and Light Infantry) Regiment.
		When the corps was raised in December 1755, the 62nd, or Royal American, Regiment of Foot was ordered to dress exactly like a regiment of the British Army, except that the uniform was to have no regimental lace, in recognition of the regiment's proposed role in the forest warfare of North America.
	www.militaryheritage.com /60thregt.htm (1298 words)

	Battle of the Wilderness
		The battle was fought in the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, an expanse of impenetrable scrub growth and rough terrain that encompassed more than 70 square miles (181 km²) of Spotsylvania County in central Virginia.
		James Longstreet's First Corps, which had been posted 25 miles (40 km) to the west in order to guard against an attack on the crucial railroad junction of Gordonsville, Lee pushed forward his Second Corps, commanded by Lieut.
		Portions of the Wilderness battlefield are now preserved as part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, administered by the National Park Service.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_the_wilderness.html (1850 words)

	1755 Braddock's Defeat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Marching thence in order of battle toward the second ford, he received intelligence that Gage had occupied the shore, according to orders, and that the route was clear.
		While the rear was yet on the other side, and the van was falling into its ordained course, the bulk of the army was drawn up in battle array on the western shore, hard by the spot where one Frazier, a German flsmith in the interest of the English, had lately had his home.
		The field of battle remained in our possession, with six large cannons and a dozen smaller ones, four bombs, eleven mortars, all their munitions of war and almost all their baggage.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/documents/1755braddock.htm (5788 words)

	French and Indian War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Near the beginning of the war, in 1755, the British had expelled French speaking populations in Acadia to Louisiana – creating the Cajun population – but this would not be possible in Canada.
		The Battle of Fort Necessity, one of the opening engagements of the war, marked the first and only instance of George Washington surrendering in battle.
		Battle of the Plains of Abraham (September 13, 1759)
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/French_and_Indian_War (602 words)

	Taconic Valley Rod and Gun Club ~ Revolution
		Battles of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton; British General Henry Clinton attacks the Hudson Highlands, hoping to force a connection to Albany and relieve Gen. Burgoyne.
		Battle of Greenspring, VA; Mad Anthony Wayne and his command are hemmed in by British Gen. Cornwallis near Jamestown, but he manages to escape with his men.
		As the battle fleets are engaged, DeBarras and the supply fleet enter the Chesapeake Bay, and sail to the James River.
	tvrgc.com /TVRGCrevo.htm (4106 words)

	List of Conflicts - Canadawiki Canadian History Timeline Biography Library Quotes Aboriginal Society Culture Quiz ...
		July 9, 1755 - French and Indians Ambush British at Battle of the Monongahela or the Battle of the Wilderness
		This was the last battle of the North West Rebellion and the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil.
		Battle of the St. Lawrence - Canadian warships and merchant vessels sunk in Canadian territorial waters by German U-boats.
	canadawiki.org /index.php/List_of_Conflicts (1168 words)

	Fort Necessity National Battlefield - The Braddock Campaign (U.S. National Park Service)
		The British plan for 1755 was to simultaneously attack many French forts in North America.
		In the smoke of the battle, fighting an unseen enemy, and with many British officers killed early on, discipline all but ended.
		They were completely beaten by a force they could not see in a wilderness where they did not want to be.
	www.nps.gov /fone/braddock.htm (728 words)

	Captured by Indians, 1755
		The family toiled on the edge of civilization transforming the wilderness to cultivated soil.
		On that spring morning in 1755 a small raiding party made up of French and Indians swooped down on the frontier settlement capturing a number of British colonialists including Mary and most of her family (two of her brothers escaped.) At age thirteen, Mary's life changed forever.
		On a morning in March 1755, Mary, her mother and a friend were preparing breakfast when they were startled by the sound of gunfire.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /cap.htm (1303 words)

	Wilderness
		This word is used of the wilderness of Beersheba (Gen. 21:14), on the southern border of Palestine; the wilderness of the Red Sea (Ex.
		The wilderness region in the Sinaitic peninsula through which for forty years the Hebrews wandered is generally styled "the wilderness of the wanderings." This entire region is in the form of a triangle, having its base toward the north and its apex toward the south.
		15:22), and the eastern the "wilderness of Paran." The "wilderness of Judea" (Matt.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Wi/Wilderness.html (3699 words)

	Braddock Expedition
		The Braddock Expedition was a failed British attempt to capture the French Fort Duquesne in the summer of 1755 during the French and Indian War.
		The expedition traveled through the wilderness from Virginia into western Pennsylvania.
		On July 9 1755 the advance unit under Lt. Colonel Thomas Gage crossed the Monongahela River about nine miles south of the fort.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/braddock_expedition (429 words)

	Battles of the American Revolution
		The Battle of Trenton (Dec. 26, 1776) was a crucial early victory for the American forces in the American Revolution.
		During the battle, the heroism of the wife of one of the American soldiers who assisted the American forces gave rise to the legend of Molly Pitcher.
		The Battle of the Brandywine, fought on Sept. 11, 1777 along Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Philadelphia, was a victory for the British during the American Revolution.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/BATTLES.HTM (2354 words)

	What was the importance...
		This battle is significant because it show that there were hostilities between the Indians and the whites soon after the formation of Augusta County.
		On July 9, 1755, General Edward Braddock's British troops were annihilated at the Battle of the Wilderness (also called Monongahela) in Pennsylvania.
		On July 16, 1755, he noted in his journal that he took the road to Luny's Ferry where he stayed overnight because "there were a number of men and arms engaged in building a fort, round the house, where they fled with their wives and children."
	www.looneybook.com /id33.htm (1106 words)

	~Paladin Communications~
		The focal point of conflict was the "Forks of the Ohio," a point of land in the wilderness where the Monongahela River (flowing north) and the Allegheny River (flowing southwest) met to form the Ohio River.
		So Washington was there for the battle, and ironically it was Washington who recommended that Braddock divide his army and make a bold stab at the French with 1,200 chosen men.
		All in all, George Washington's military resume in the summer of 1755 was a disaster.
	www.paladincom.com /classroom.shtml (1397 words)

	General Edward Braddock's Defeat at Fort Duquesne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		At the time it was called the Battle of the Monongahela but is now remembered as Braddock's Defeat.
		Marching in order of battle to the second ford, He was told Gage had secured the shore and the way was clear.
		Before the army had cleared the other side of the ford, the main section of the army was arranged in battle array on the west shore near the home of the German flsmith, Frazier.
	www2.whidbey.com /jerod/braddock.htm (3371 words)

	BATTLE OF BUSHY RUN
		Uncle Quasi was with the convoy, he having a vested interest in the supplies, always a Scot with an eye to turn a shilling; when upon the beginning of the attack, out of the forest came Uncle Angus and his sheep, Mother Ewe in the lead.
		After a quick conversation between the two, they knew that this was not a fight for their type of tactics, so they pitched in to aid the wounded and give sustenance and liquid refreshment as the battle raged on for the next 7 hours.
		At the top of the ridge where the battle had raged during the day of the 4th, a "flour bag" redoubt was constructed.
	www.mohicanpress.com /bushy_run.html (1568 words)

	United States Historical Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
		Inset: The Battle of Brandywine 11 September 1777
		Map shows: "Battle Fields", "Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. after the war", "Other railroads after the war", "Railroads during the war", "Plank roads and turnpikes", "Other roads", "Light houses", rivers, towns, and relief by hachures.
		Verso: List of "Battle Fields of Virginia" with dates of actions.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/histus.html (1269 words)

	The Braddock Expedition of 1755: Catastrophe in the Wilderness : Historical Society of Pennsylvania
		The Braddock Expedition of 1755: Catastrophe in the Wilderness
		Among the trees and the smoke of battle they were virtually invisible to the British and American colonial soldiers.
		Braddockâs expedition had assembled in Alexandria, Virginia, in March 1755, under the command of a man who was 60 years old and a lifetime soldier, but who had no combat experience or knowledge of the geography, politics, or people of the North American colonies.
	www.hsp.org /default.aspx?id=622 (2147 words)

	Wilderness group finds unlikely help from region's coffers
		Upper St. Clair coal producer Consol Energy Inc. is donating 5,000 acres in three states to a nonprofit wilderness group, becoming the latest Pittsburgh contributor to a nationwide land-preservation effort that includes an unprecedented 1 million-acre donation from the Mellon family.
		Consol is donating land in Pennsylvania, Illinois and West Virginia to The Conservation Fund, an Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit group that preserves wilderness, wetlands and historic sites across the United States.
		In Braddock, the Mellon foundation is part of a team negotiating for two sites significant to Gen. Edward Braddock's July 9, 1755, defeat and death at the hands of French and Indian fighters.
	www.post-gazette.com /healthscience/20030711landenvt1.asp (1233 words)

	Funagain Games: Wilderness War
		Wilderness War takes two players into the French & Indian War, 1755-1760, the climactic struggle between France and Britain for control of North America.
		Wilderness War includes a deck of strategy cards for conducting campaigns and incorporating the many events and personalities of the war.
		Wilderness War is not as bad (or good depending on your point of view) as most old Avalon Hill wargames.
	www.funagain.com /cgi-bin/funagain/12066 (1225 words)

	~Paladin Communications~
		A mighty British army marches deep into the American wilderness to destroy the French stronghold, Fort Duquesne, at the headwaters of the Ohio River.
		About 2,500 men comprise the column, 1,200 of whom have hurried ahead into the wilderness to besiege Fort Duquesne amidst a horrendous drought, before the fort can be resupplied or reinforced.
		It's much more to their liking to hit the British in the forest, where the battle will be more even.
	www.paladincom.com /braddocksdefeat.shtm (2019 words)

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