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Battle of the Wilderness

History; American history

The Battle of the Wilderness, was a battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia fought at ...

Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin region of the Province of North Carolina, near what is now Statesville in Iredell County. Used for frontier defence during and after the French and Indian War, the fort was ...

Burning of Washington

History; American history

The Burning of Washington was an incident during the War of 1812 between the forces of Great Britain and Ireland and those of the United States of America on August 24, 1814. After defeating the ...

Babbish

History; American history

Babbish, also babeesh or babbage, is a historical Newfoundland term of Native American origin denoting leather cut into thin stripes to be used as lace or rope.