noble train of artillery

Examples of noble train of artillery in the following topics:

• Fort Ticonderoga

  • The capture of Fort Ticonderoga allowed colonial forces to transport much-needed artillery to Boston and eventually break Britain's year-long siege.
  • In 1775, it was garrisoned by only a small detachment of the 26th Regiment of Foot, consisting of two officers and 46 men, many of whom had limited duties because of disability or illness.
  • En route to Boston following news of the events of April 19, Arnold mentioned the fort and its condition to members of Silas Deane's militia.
  • In an expedition that became known as the "noble train of artillery," Knox went to Ticonderoga in November of 1775, and, over the course of three winter months, moved 60 tons of cannons and other armaments by boat, horse and ox-drawn sledges, and manpower.
  • This "noble train" traveled along poor-quality roads, across two semi-frozen rivers, and through the forests and swamps of the lightly inhabited Berkshires to the Boston area.

• The Battle of New Orleans

  • The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812.
  • The attack began under darkness and a heavy fog, but as the British neared the main enemy line the fog lifted, exposing them to withering artillery fire.
  • Possibly because of Thornton's delay in crossing the river and the withering artillery fire that might hit them from across the river, the 93rd Highlanders were ordered to leave Keane's assault column advancing along the river and move across the open field to join the main force on the right of the field.
  • General Lambert ordered his Chief of Artillery, Colonel Alexander Dickson, to assess the position.
  • With the defeat of the British army, Lambert decided that despite the arrival of reinforcements and a siege train for use against New Orleans, continuing with the Louisiana Campaign would be too costly.

• The Aztec People

  • One component of this reform was the institution of ritual war (the flower wars) as a way to have trained warriors, and created the necessity of constant sacrifices to keep the Sun moving.
  • The political sector of the economy centered on the control of land and labor by kings and nobles.
  • These payments from commoners to nobles supported both the lavish lifestyles of the high nobility and the finances of city-states.
  • Many luxury goods were produced for consumption by nobles.
  • Commoner housing was usually built of reeds or wood, while noble houses and religious sites were constructed from stone.

• Forming Armies

  • Army consisted of ten regiments of infantry, four of artillery, two of cavalry, two of dragoons, and one of mounted infantry.
  • At the start of the war, there were 824 graduates of the U.S.
  • In general, the Union Army was composed of many different ethnic groups, including large numbers of immigrants.
  • General Lee had been offered the command of Union armies but declined when his home state of Virginia seceded.
  • He was lionized as the embodiment of what had been most noble in the Confederacy.

• African Americans in WWII

  • By December, the Germans had surrounded Bastogne, which was defended by the 101st Airborne Division, the all African American 969th Artillery Battalion, and Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division.
  • Despite low supplies of food and ammunition, and being limited to only 10 artillery rounds per day, the 333rd fought tenaciously, successfully holding their sector of the front despite repeated German assaults.
  • All black military pilots who trained in the United States trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee University, located near Tuskegee, Alabama.
  • Although the 477th Bombardment Group trained with North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, they never served in combat.
  • Responding to pressure from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Adlai Stevenson, in January 1944, the Navy began an accelerated 2-month officer training course for 16 African-American enlisted men at Camp Robert Smalls, Recruit Training Center Great Lakes (now known as Great Lakes Naval Training Station), in Illinois.

• Academic Architecture

  • Beaux-Arts academic training emphasized the mainstream examples of Imperial Roman architecture, Italian Renaissance, and French and Italian Baroque models.
  • Beaux-Arts training made great use of agrafes (clasps that links one architectural detail to another), interpenetration of forms, "speaking architecture" (architecture parlante) in which supposed appropriateness of symbolism could be taken to literal-minded extremes.
  • Beaux-Arts training also emphasized the production of quick conceptual sketches, highly-finished perspective presentation drawings, close attention to the program, and knowledgeable detailing.
  • Though the Beaux-Arts style embodies an approach to a regenerated spirit within the grand traditions rather than a set of motifs, principal characteristics of Beaux-Arts architecture included: rusticated and raised first stories, a hierarchy of spaces (from "noble spaces"—grand entrances and staircases— to utilitarian ones) arched windows, arched and pedimented doors, classical details, references to a synthesis of historicist styles, and tendency to eclecticism.
  • After centuries of dominating architectural schools and training processes, the Beaux-Arts style began fade in favor of Modernist architecture and the International Style on the eve of World War I.

• The Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge

  • General Henry Knox, Washington’s Chief of Artillery, wrote that hundreds of horses either starved to death or perished as a result of exhaustion.
  • Criticism of Washington’s leadership were at an all-time high in light of the harsh conditions experienced by the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-78.
  • Baron Friedrich von Steuben, a skilled Prussian drillmaster, was responsible for developing and carrying out an effective training program for Washington's troops following the winter.
  • Many of Washington's troops lacked proper training, a debilitating weakness in their campaigns.
  • Although he faced many obstacles, including a language barrier and the lack of any pre-existing American military training manuals, Von Steuben proved an extremely valuable asset to Washington’s forces, teaching soldiers how to aim muskets accurately, charge with bayonets, and maneuver together in compact ranks.

• Aztec Religion

  • Veneration of Huitzilopochtli, the personification of the sun and of war, was central to the religious, social and political practices of the Mexica people.
  • Not only were captives and warriors sacrificed, but nobles would often practice ritual bloodletting during certain sacred days of the year.
  • A noble priest class played an integral role in the religious worship and sacrifices of Aztec society.
  • They also trained young men to impersonate various deities for an entire year before being sacrificed on a specific day.  
  • Priests could come from the noble or common classes, but they would receive their training at different schools and perform different functions.

• The War in the North

  • The War of 1812's primary theater on land was along the northern border of the United States.
  • The War of 1812's primary theater on land was along the northern border of the United States.
  • Hull's army was too weak in artillery, however, and by August, Hull and his troops retreated to Detroit.
  • His successor, John Armstrong, Jr., attempted a coordinated strategy late in 1813 with 10,000 men, aimed at capturing Montreal; however, he was thwarted by logistical difficulties, uncooperative and quarrelsome commanders, and ill-trained troops.
  • Name the key battles in the northern campaigns of the War of 1812

• Peter's Domestic Reforms

  • Through his expansive domestic reforms, Peter the Great modernized Russia but he also centralized power in his hand, significantly curbing the influence of the noble elites and the Orthodox Church.
  • Peter's distrust of the elitist and anti-reformist boyars culminated in 1722 with the creation of the Table of Ranks: a formal list of ranks in the Russian military, government and royal court.
  • The traditional leader of the Church was the Patriarch of Moscow.
  • However, the curriculum was so westernized (emphasis on Latin language and subjects for the price of limited exposure to Greek, the Eastern Church Fathers, and Russian and Slavonic church languages) that monks and priests, while being formally educated, received poor training in preparation for a ministry to a Russian-speaking population steeped in the traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy.
  • The fortress  was the first brick and stone building of the new projected capital city of Russia and the original citadel of what would eventually be St.