Examples of Forage War in the following topics:
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- The Forage War consisted of numerous small skirmishes between British and Continental forces that took place in New Jersey in early 1777.
- The Forage War was a partisan campaign consisting of numerous small skirmishes that took place in New Jersey in early 1777, following the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
- Northern and coastal New Jersey continued to be the site of skirmishing and raiding by the British forces that occupied New York City for the rest of the war.
- This is a detail from an 1806 map showing the area where many of the skirmishes of the Forage War took place.
- Describe the series of small skirmishes in early 1777 known as the Forage War
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- In the South, the War of 1812 manifested itself as the Creek Wars and culminated in the Battle of New Orleans.
- European-American historians often discuss the Creek War as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, as tribal tensions were exacerbated during this war.
- The Creek War (1813–1814), also known as the "Red Stick War," began as a civil war within the Creek (Muscogee) nation.
- When Jackson began his advance, the Tennessee River was low, making it difficult to move supplies, and there was little forage for his horses.
- Discuss the intersection of Native American civil wars and the War of 1812
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- During the war, tens of thousands of slaves escaped, causing a substantial economic effect on the American South.
- While thousands went to the British lines for freedom (and the British evacuated nearly 4,000 Black Loyalists to Nova Scotia and other colonies after the war), others took advantage of the wartime confusion to migrate to other areas of the colonies.
- Although the men were often used for foraging and other labor, they also saw battle.
- Besides fighting for the Patriots, tens of thousands of slaves joined British forces or escaped to British lines during the American Revolution, sometimes using the disruption of war to gain freedom.
- The Earl of Dunmore issued a proclamation offering freedom to all slaves who would leave their masters and fight on behalf of Britain during the Revolutionary War.
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- Famous range wars included the Lincoln County War, the Pleasant Valley War, the Mason County War, and the Johnson County Range War, and sometimes were fought between local residents and gunmen hired by absentee landowners.
- The Pleasant Valley War, sometimes called the "Tonto Basin Feud," "Tonto Basin War," or "Tewksbury-Graham Feud," was a range war fought in Pleasant Valley, Arizona, in 1882 to 1892.
- The Pleasant Valley War was one of the deadliest and well-known range wars.
- The war ended when the U.S.
- In the north, overgrazing stressed the open range, leading to insufficient winter forage for the cattle and starvation.
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- Grant
believed that the Civil War would end only if the Confederacy's strategic,
economic, and psychological capacity for warfare were decisively broken.
- Foragers, known as "bummers," provided food seized from local farms to soldiers while they destroyed the railroads, manufacturing, and agricultural infrastructure of Georgia.
- In planning for the march, Sherman used livestock and crop production data from the 1860 census to lead his troops through areas where he believed they would be able to forage most effectively.
- This map shows the Savannah Campaign (Sherman's March to the Sea) during the American Civil War.
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- In the early stages of the American Revolution, battles over Quebec, New York, and New Jersey played an important role in the war.
- Spirits were low among the Continental troops and popular support for the war was wavering.
- Combined with news of the recovery of Quebec, circumstances suggested to British leaders that the war could soon be won.
- Cornwallis’ troops were attacked as they attempted to forage for
provisions and the Continental Army employed scorched earth tactics to further
deny supplies to the British.
- Evaluate the successes and failures of the Continental Army in the first year of the war.
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- In July, the colonists proposed the Olive Branch Petition to
reconcile with Britain and avert war.
- In response, Britain declared war on France on March 17, 1778.
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500 Regimental Camp Followers, comprised primarily of family members of
soldiers, however, did assist with foraging and cleaning for the troops.
- With the crippling
surrender at Yorktown, the British war effort ground to a halt.
- Summarize the general arc of the war and the
reasons for colonial victory.
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- As the climate changed
and megafauna became extinct, Paleo-Indians were forced to employ a mixed-foraging strategy that included smaller terrestrial game, aquatic animals, and
a variety of flora.
- Many works of art
served practical purposes, such as clothing, tools, weapons of war and hunting,
transportation, and shelter, and others were purely aesthetic.
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- In addition, Claviceps purpurea can effect plants and crops that are typically considered forage plants.
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- Many economically important forage and turfgrasses (e.g., Festuca spp., Lolium spp.) carry fungal endophytes (Neotyphodium spp.) which may improve the ability of these grasses to tolerate abiotic stresses such as drought, as well as improve their resistance to insect and mammalian herbivores.