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	Last surviving United States war veterans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "last man standing" was often very young at the time of enlistment, and in many cases had lied about his age to gain entry into the service, which confuses matters further.
		The last surviving veteran may have been Daniel F. Bakeman, who was placed on the pension rolls by an act of U.S. Congress and is listed as the last survivor of the conflict by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs.
		The last surviving Civil War general was Brevet-Brigadier General Aaron S. Daggett of Maine who died in 1938 at the age of 100.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Last_surviving_United_States_war_veterans (843 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : American Revolutionary War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The war began largely as a colonial revolt against the economic policies of the British Empire, and eventually widened far beyond British North America, with France, Spain, and the Netherlands entering the war against Great Britain.
		Later that year, in the last major encounter of the war, a party of Kentuckians was soundly defeated by a superior force of British regulars and Native Americans.
		On November 30, 1782 preliminary peace articles were signed in Paris; the formal end of the war did not occur until the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 and the United States Congress ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /American_Revolutionary_War (5486 words)

	Wikipedia: Mexican-American War
		The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848.
		In the USA it is also known as the Mexican War; in Mexico it is also known as the North American Invasion of Mexico, the United States War Against Mexico, and the War of Northern Aggression (this last name more commonly used in the Southern United States to refer to the American Civil War).
		According to data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the last surviving U.S. veteran of the conflict, Owen Thomas Edgar, died on September 3, 1929 at the age of 98.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/m/me/mexican_american_war.html (580 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
		The war began largely as a colonial revolt against the mercantilism economic policies of the British Empire, and eventually widened far beyond British North America, with France, Spain, and the Netherlands entering the war against Great Britain.
		Later that year, in the last major encounter of the war, a party of Kentuckians which included Daniel Boone was Battle of Blue Licks soundly defeated by a superior force of British regulars and Native Americans at the Battle of Blue Licks.
		On November 30, 1782 preliminary peace articles were signed in Paris; the formal end of the war did not occur until the Treaty of Paris (1783) Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 and the United States Congress ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784.
	www.mauspfeil.net /American_Revolutionary%20War.html (6353 words)

	Everything about Articles Of Confederation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Spain entered the war in 1779, officially as an ally of France, not the United States—Spain was not keen on encouraging similar rebellions in her own empire.
		The Continental Congress was a body of representatives appointed by the legislatures of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the United States from 1774 to 1789.
		Seven months later, October 19, 1781, the United States was victorious at the Battle of Yorktown, which ended military operations in the colonies, although combat would continue in the Ohio Valley and in British colonies throughout the globe.
	wikimiki.org /en/Articles+of+Confederation (10608 words)

	ipedia.com: American Civil War Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The state of West Virginia was created by the secession from Virginia of its northwestern counties, and added to the Union in 1863.
		Alarmed at the loss, and in an attempt to prevent more slave states from leaving the Union, the United States Congress passed the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution on July 25 of that year which stated that the war was being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
		Slaves were not freed in the remaining states and parts of the Confederacy until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment by 3/4 of the states, which did not occur until December of 1865, 8 months after the end of the war.
	www.ipedia.com /american_civil_war.html (2529 words)

	The History Guy: The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)
		The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of "Manifest Destiny"; the belief that America had a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country's borders from 'sea to shining sea'.
		The second basic cause of the war was the Texas War of Independence and the subsequent annexation of that area to the United States.
		The Mexican-American War was largely a conventional conflict fought by traditional armies consisting of infantry, cavalry and artillery using established European-style tactics.
	www.historyguy.com /Mexican-American_War.html (2331 words)

	NARA - Genealogists/Family Historians - Civil War Records
		Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.
		The War Department compiled the CMSRs from the original muster rolls and other records some years after the war to permit more rapid and efficient checking of military and medical records in connection with claims for pensions and other veterans' benefits.
		This society was dissolved in 1956, with the death of its last surviving member.
	www.archives.gov /genealogy/military/civil-war/index.html (4376 words)

	2nd Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This placed the men of the unit at a disadvantage since the smoke of the fl pwoder would give away their position, and also obscured their view of the enemy.
		Santiago soon surrendered, and on August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain formally agreed on an armistice, ending the fighting portion of the war.
		Hunter went on to be the last surviving Spanish American War veterans in Gardner.
	www.spanamwar.com /2ndmass.html (798 words)

	Mexican-American War - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		That same year the United States government offended Mexico by offering to purchase California and New Mexico from them.
		After the United States declared war on Mexico, American forces took several cities in California including (temporarily) Los Angeles.
		The war can be considered a result of the belief in the Manifest Destiny doctrine by the US political class.
	www.questionz.net /Mexican-American_War.html (657 words)

	Category:United States military veterans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are 12 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
		Categories: Members of the United States armed forces
		This page was last modified 05:47, 17 August 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:United_States_military_veterans (92 words)

	Civil War Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		- First pioneer and Civil War Veterans of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore area in Leelanau County, Michigan.
		- During the war, it was a safehouse for the Confederate underground.
		Reproduction of this site's pages in any form, in part or in whole is prohibited without written permission.
	www.plymouthhistory.org /linkcivilwar.htm (919 words)

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