Posted on 05/11/2017 7:48:30 AM PDT by fugazi
1846: Three days after Gen. Zachary Taylor’s forces defeat the Mexican Army in the Battle of Palo Alto, Pres. James K. Polk tells Congress: “Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil.”
The Mexican-American War – already underway – is formally declared within two days.
1863: During the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Condederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart is shot by a dismounted Union cavalry trooper north of Richmond, Va. “The greatest cavalry officer ever foaled in America” is mortally wounded and will die the next day.
1943: 3,000 soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division land at Attu Island in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to repel Japanese troops that landed in June of 1942. After a month of fighting under harsh arctic conditions...
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Brian Williams reported on-site via telegraph and semaphore.
Custer was no slouch, he did afterall save the Union at Gettysburg.
Ya, but he didn’t fare so well at Little Big Horn.
He was big when it counted.
And he graduated from West Point at the bottom of his class.
“...J.E.B. Stuart invaded Alaska?”
Had he, the Japanese probably would have withdrawn, without a shot fired, out of fear.
“Brian Williams reported on-site via telegraph and semaphore.”
Hilarious!
I don’t think Williams would find it funny; ever try humping a bunch of wire over cold hilly terrain in Alaska? Not to mention all those semaphore flags.
“J.E.B. Stuart invaded Alaska?”
It was a hell of a ride. Put Genghis Khan to shame.
It was a hell of a ride. Put Genghis Khan to shame.
Well, that at least explains why he was late to Gettysburg ...
Hardly.
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