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Iraq War Officially Over For The U.S.

15 Dec

The End of the Iraq War Video

After Eight years and 270 days, the American War in Iraq is now officially over.  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta presided over a ceremony in Baghdad on December 15, 2011.  In reality, this war truly began when the U.S. intervened in what is now known as the First Iraq War (1990-1991), and then continued with the ongoing No-Fly Zone War (1991-2003) against Saddam’s Iraq. 

See also: http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar2.html

http://www.historyguy.com/no-fly_zone_war.html

http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar.html

 
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Second Seminole Indian War

27 Feb

New page on the Second Seminole War is now online. http://www.historyguy.com/indian_wars/second_seminole_war.htm

The Second Seminole War Began: December 23, 1835

TheSecond Seminole War Ended: August 14, 1842

The Second Seminole War Was Fought Between: United States vs. Seminole Indians of Florida

The Second Seminole War Resulted In: Seminole Indians were allowed to remain in South Florida, though some were encouraged to move West. In effect, the Army could not defeat the Seminoles, and they were allowed to remain in place.

Major Battles and Campaigns of the Second Seminole War:

“Dade Massacre” (December 28, 1835)Gaines’ Expedition (1836)

Scott’s Expedition (1836)

Battle of Hatchee-Lustee (1837)

Battle of Lake Okeechobee (December 25, 1837)

Battle of Loxahatchee (January 24, 1838)

“Harney Massacre” (July 23, 1839)

Second Seminole War Casualties:

Seminole Casualties: Unnknown (Seminoles usually carried away their dead and wounded)

U.S. Military Casualties: 1,600 (approximately)  

 

Sources:1. Kohn, George C. Dictionary of Wars. New York: Facts On File Publications. 1999.

2. Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupey. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present New York, New York: Harper & Row. 1993

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Posted in American Indian Wars, History, History Updates, United States History, War and Conflict, Wars

 

Dionne’s Editorial on the American Civil War is Correct

27 Dec

A recent editorial by Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, Don’t Spin The Civil War, is a fact and data-filled piece that reiterates the need to remember the real reason the United States fought a bloody, and ultimately victorious and righteous Civil War (note that it is rightly called the “Civil War,” not the ” War Between the States.”)  Dionne’s piece backs up the post on this website denouncing the upcoming re-enactment of Jefferson Davis’s oath of office by pro-Southern re-enactors who want to (pardon the pun) white-wash history by spouting the usual blather about the reasons for the Civil War.  Secession and the war were driven by the slavery issue, not states’ rights.  Read Dionne’s piece for some good information on this ongoing problem with the pro-Confederate attempt to revise the history of the American Civil War.

 
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Re-Enactment of Jefferson Davis’ Inauguration Re-Enacts Treason and Evil

22 Dec

Civil re-enactors plan to re-create Jefferson Davis’s Oath of Office on that event’s 150th anniversary.  This is akin to a pack of Neo-Nazis in Germany planning to re-enact the Nuremburg Rallies or a re-enactment of Benedict Arnold’s betrayal of the Patriots in the American Revolution. 

Jefferson Davis led a rebellion against the constitutionally-elected government of the United States.  The moment he took the Confederate oath of office, he marked himself and all of his followers as illegitimate traitors to all that the United States of America stood for then, and stands for today.  Re-enacting significant battles from American history is one thing, but Davis’ swearing in as the Confederate leader is re-enacting a political act; specifically a political act that sought to preserve the “right” of rich white men to own other human beings as property.  Many Confederate apologists argue that the southern secession and the Civil War are about the legitimate political concept of States’ Rights, or the sanctity of property, or a response to the economic inequality between the North and the South. 

The bare truth is that secession and war were about slavery, and that Jefferson Davis’ inauguration as the leader of an attempted country based on the blood and sweat of enslaved man and women was a ceremony as evil and malicious as Hitler’s Nuremburg rallies.  Slavery was the American Holocaust, stretched out over hundreds of years rather than Hitler’s 12 years of tyranny. 

Re-enacting the ultimate act of treason by America’s ultimate traitor is a political act (rightfully protected by the constitution Davis rejected), that will mark the re-enactors as ill-thinking racists who pine for an earlier era when African-Americans were subservient and without rights.  Do you think these re-enactors voted for a black man to occupy the White House?  I kinda doubt it.

Read the article from The Houston Chronicle, Dec. 22, 2010:

Hundreds of Civil War re-enactors will parade up Montgomery’s main street to the state Capitol on Feb. 19 to recreate the swearing-in of Confederate President Jefferson Davis 150 years ago.

African-American leaders might protest nearby with a message that the Confederacy should be remembered with shame for trying to keep blacks enslaved rather than with celebration.

Organizers say they are not trying to create controversy.   Read the rest of the article from The Houston Chronicle,

 
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The Length of American Wars: Update for Iraq and Afghanistan

23 Mar

On March 19, 2008, the world noted the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.  The Iraq War is now the third longest war in American history, after the Vietnam War and the continuing war in Afghanistan.

Below is a look at America’s major wars and their length in months. Time periods are rounded up or down for ease of comparison. Current conflicts are italicized and are colored red. The longest wars are listed first in descending order by length. The start dates reflect when the United States entered the wars.

Vietnam War–August, 1964 to April, 1975= 129   months (American involvement began in the late    1950s, but major U.S. combat forces began taking part in large-unit combat in 1964.  August, 1964 is the month of the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the U.S. bombing of North Vietnamese targets.)       

American Revolution–April, 1775 to September, 1783= 100    months

       

Afghanistan–    October, 2001 to Present (as of March, 2008)= 78    months

       

Iraq War–March,    2003 to Present (as of March, 2008)= 60 months

       

U.S. Civil War–April, 1861 to April, 1865= 48    months

       

World War II–December, 1941 to September, 1945= 45    months

       

World War I–April, 1917 to November, 1918= 19    months

       

Korean War– June, 1950 to July, 1953= 37 months

       

War of 1812–June, 1812 to February, 1815= 32 months

       

U.S.-Mexican War– May, 1846 to February, 1848= 21    months

       

Spanish-American War–April, 1898 to August, 1898= 5    months

       

Gulf War–January, 1991 to March, 1991= 3 months


Source:  http://www.historyguy.com/american_wars_by_length_of_time.html

       

 
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