Examples of militia in the following topics:
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- A large number of militia from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania bolstered these forces.
- Also in January, militia pressure led British General Cornwallis to withdraw most of the northern troops to the shores of the Hudson.
- Small British foraging and raiding parties were met by larger formations of American militia companies, sometimes with Continental Army support, that at times led to significant casualties.
- These difficulties forced British commanders to change tactics, attempting to lure American militia units into traps involving larger numbers of British regulars.
- This strategy was not entirely successful, as militia and Continental commanders used superior knowledge of the geography to set even more elaborate traps.
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- Each colony sponsored a local militia.
- The minutemen constituted about a quarter of the entire militia.
- George Washington is well-known for his scathing opinion of the shortcomings of militia forces.
- Members of the militias, however, were not included in this new mode of training.
- These American militias were an important supplement to the Continental Army.
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- Gage’s actions led to the formation of local rebel militias that were able to mobilize in a minute’s time.
- On the night of April 18, 1775, General Gage sent 700 men to seize munitions stored by the colonial militia at Concord.
- Hoping for secrecy, his troops left Boston under cover of darkness, but riders from Boston let the militias know of the British plans.
- Shots were exchanged, eight minutemen were killed, the outnumbered colonial militia dispersed, and the British moved on to Concord.
- The Revolutionary War had begun, and the militia army continued to grow as surrounding colonies sent men and supplies.
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- On April 18, 1689, a well-organized "mob" of provincial militia and citizens formed in the city of Boston.
- Andros, commissioned governor of New England in 1686, had earned the enmity of the local populace by enforcing the restrictive Navigation Acts, denying the validity of existing land titles, restricting town meetings, and appointing unpopular regular officers to lead colonial militia, among other actions that were part of an attempt to bring the colonies under the closer control of the crown.
- Following similar frustrations against the rule and policies of James II as the Bostonians, German American merchant and militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of the southern part of the colony of New York and ruled it from 1689 to 1691.
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- A white militia with twice the manpower of the rebels and reinforced by three companies of artillery eventually defeated the insurrection.
- Within a day of the suppression of the rebellion, the local militia and three companies of artillery were joined by detachments of men from the USS Natchez and USS Warren, which were anchored in Norfolk, and militias from counties in Virginia and North Carolina surrounding Southampton.
- Militias killed at least 100 blacks, and probably many more.
- A company of militia from Hertford County, North Carolina reportedly killed 40 blacks in one day and took $23 and a gold watch from the dead.
- Captain Solon Borland, who led a contingent from Murfreesboro, North Carolina, condemned the acts "because it was tantamount to theft from the white owners of the slaves. " Blacks suspected of participating in the rebellion were beheaded by the militia.
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- Both free and enslaved Africans had served in local militias, especially in the North, defending their villages against attacks by Native Americans.
- In March 1775, the Continental Congress assigned units of the Massachusetts militia as Minutemen.
- Peter Salem, who had been freed by his owner to join the Framingham militia was one of the blacks in the militia.
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- Washington did both: he sent commissioners to meet with the rebels while raising a militia army.
- On August 7, Washington issued a presidential proclamation announcing, with "the deepest regret", that the militia would be called out to suppress the rebellion .
- The militia was called up from New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and eastern Pennsylvania and produced a large force of over 12,000 men.
- Because relatively few men volunteered for militia service, a draft was used to fill out the ranks, causing further unrest in other states.
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- The number of British regular troops present in Canada in July 1812 was officially stated to be 6,034, supported by Canadian militia.
- On July 12, 1812, General William Hull led an invading American force of about 1,000 untrained, poorly-equipped militia across the Detroit River and occupied the Canadian town of Sandwich, now a neighborhood of Windsor, Ontario.
- By August, Hull and his troops, numbering 2,500 with the addition of 500 Canadians, retreated to Detroit, where they surrendered to a force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Native Americans led by British Major General Isaac Brock and Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
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- Eighteen slaves,
including Nat Turner, were hanged for their part in the rebellion, and 100 to 200
African Americans were killed by militias and angry mobs in retaliation,
exceeding the fatalities of Turner’s rebellion itself.
- The rebellion was suppressed by volunteer
militias and a detachment of the U.S.
- Ninety-five black people were
killed via executions and direct confrontations with opposing militia forces,
and in the weeks following the uprising, an additional 44 accused insurgents
were captured, tried, and executed.
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- It is notable for being the only time in U.S. history when a state militia was called out in support of striking workers.
- The strike was characterized by firefights and the use of dynamite, and ended after a standoff between the Colorado State Militia and a private force working for owners of the mines.
- However, this army of deputies, organized by Sheriff Bowers, eventually got out of control, and state militia was again called in—this time to protect the miners and civilians of the town, and threatening to declare martial law.