1857-1858: Mormon Expedition The U.S. Army subdues Mormons who refuse to obey federal law in Utah. 1861-1865: American Civil War Americans go to war over slavery and the attempted secession of ...
See also Ricardo Adolfo Herrera, “Guarantors of Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier and the Military Ethos of Republicanism, 1775–1861” (Ph.D. diss., Marquette University, 1998).
While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... When he took command of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington barred the further recruitment of black soldiers ...
But while Loyalists gave enormous support to the Crown during the war, they have not been the subject of much serious study. In Military Loyalists of the American Revolution Prof. Dornfest (emeritus, ...
The ‘Battle of Bunker Hill’, which took place on June 17th 1775, was the first time New England soldiers faced the British army in a pitched battle during the American Revolution. Fought ...