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Battle Of Spokane Plains
The Battle of Spokane Plains was a battle during the Coeur d'Alene War of 1858 in the Washington Territory (now the states of Washington (U.S. state), Washington and Idaho) in the United States. The Coeur d'Alene War was part of the Yakima War, which began in 1855. The battle was fought west of Fort George Wright near Spokane, Washington, between elements of the United States Army and a coalition of Native American tribes consisting of Pend d'Oreilles, Kalispel (Pend Oreille), Palus people, Palus, Coeur d'Alene people, Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene), Spokane tribe, Spokan, and Yakama warriors. Battle Although their lands were protected by treaty, the Schitsu'umsh were outraged by miners and illegal white settlers invading their territory. They also perceived the Mullan Road, whose construction had just begun near Fort Dalles, as a precursor to a land grab by the United States. Two white miners were killed, and the U.S. Army retaliated. The Coeur d'Alene War (the last part of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coeur D'Alene War
The Coeur d'Alene War of 1858, also known as the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Pend d'oreille-Paloos War, was the second phase of the Yakima War, involving a series of encounters between the allied Native American tribes of the Skitswish ("Coeur d'Alene"), Pend d'Oreilles, Kalispell ("Pend d'Oreille"), Spokane, Palouse and Northern Paiute against United States, United States Army forces in Washington (U.S. state), Washington and Idaho. In May 1858, a combined force of about 1,000 Coeur d'Alene (tribe), Skitswish, Spokane (tribe), Spokane, and Palus (tribe), Palouse attacked and defeated a force of 164 American troops under Colonel Edward Steptoe at the Battle of Pine Creek. HistoryLin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Dalles
Fort Dalles was a United States Army outpost located on the Columbia River at the present location of The Dalles, Oregon, in the United States. Built when Oregon was a territory, the post was used mainly for dealing with wars with Native Americans. The post was first known as Camp Drum and then Fort Drum. Construction The first post was built on a site which overlooked an encampment used by Lewis and Clark in October 1805. This post was built in 1838 by the militia of the Oregon Provisional Government under the command of Henry A. G. Lee during the Cayuse War and was named Fort Lee.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. The post was built at the site of the former Wascopam Mission operated by the Methodist Mission. In the fall of 1849 United States Army troops arrived in the new Oregon Territory.Horner, John B. (1921). ''Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature''. The J. K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 122-123 This rifle r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6-pounder Gun
6-pounder gun or 6-pdr, usually denotes a gun firing a projectile weighing approximately . Guns of this type include: *QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss, a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s; a similar weapon was designed by Driggs-Schroeder for the US Navy *Driggs-Schroeder Marks II and III and Driggs-Seabury M1898 and M1900 57 mm guns on mobile mounts, used by the US Army circa 1890–1920 * QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss, a British 57 mm tank gun of 1917 * QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt, a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s very similar to the Hotchkiss *Ordnance QF 6-pounder, a British 57 mm anti-tank and tank gun of World War II * QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun, a British twin mount naval and coast defence gun 1937–1956. Older types include: * Canon de 6 système An XI, a French 6-pounder muzzle-loading cannon of the Napoleonic era * M1841 6-pounder field gun, an American 6-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading cannon of the mid-1800s Guns denoted by calibre Examples simply referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howitzer
The howitzer () is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar. It is capable of both low angle fire like a field gun and high angle fire like a mortar, given the distinction between low and high angle fire breaks at 45 degrees or 800 mils (NATO). With their long-range capabilities, howitzers can be used to great effect in a battery formation with other artillery pieces, such as long-barreled guns, mortars, and rocket artillery. Howitzers were valued for their ability to fire explosive shells and incendiary materials into fortifications. Unlike mortars, which had fixed firing angles, howitzers could be fired at various angles, providing greater flexibility in combat. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, howitzers evolved to become more mobile and versatile. The introduction of rifling in the mid-19th century led to significant changes in howitzer design and usage. By the early 20th century, howitzers were classified into different categor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12-pounder Gun
12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds. Guns of this type include: * 12-pounder long gun, the naval muzzle-loader of the Age of Sail * Canon de 12 de Vallière, French cannon of 1732 * Canon de 12 Gribeauval, French field cannon of the mid-late 18th century * Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval, French heavy cannon of the mid-late 18th century * Canon obusier de 12, French 12-pounder cannon-howitzer of 1853. Known in the US as "12 pounder Napoleon" * M1841 12-pounder howitzer, American howitzer having the same caliber (4.62 inches) as a 12-pounder field gun *One of the Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War * Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt, British field gun, 1885–1892 * Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt, British naval landing gun, late 19th century and early 20th century * Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt, British light field gun, 1894–1916 *QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, British "Long 12" of 1890s–1940s * QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pack Animal
A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is a working animal used to transport goods or materials by carrying them, usually on its back. Domestic animals of many species are used in this way, among them alpacas, Bactrian camels, donkeys, dromedaries, gayal, goats, horses, llamas, mules, reindeer, water buffaloes and yaks. Diversity Traditional pack animals include ungulates such as camels, the domestic yak, reindeer, goats, water buffaloes, and llama, and domesticated members of the horse family including horses, donkeys, and mules. Occasionally, dogs can be used to carry small loads. Pack animals by region * Arctic – reindeer and sled dogs * Central Africa and Southern Africa – oxen, mules, donkeys * Eurasia – donkeys, oxen, horses, mules ** Central Asia – Bactrian camels, yaks, horses, mules, donkeys ** South and Southeast Asia – water buffaloes, yaks, Asian elephants * North America – horses, mules, don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Four Lakes
The Battle of Four Lakes was a battle during the Coeur d'Alene War of 1858 in the Washington Territory (now the states of Washington and Idaho) in the United States. The Coeur d'Alene War was part of the Yakima War, which began in 1855. The battle was fought near present-day Four Lakes, Washington, between elements of the United States Army and a coalition of Native American tribes consisting of Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene), Palus, Spokan, and Yakama warriors. Background Schitsu'umsh lands were protected by treaty, and the tribe was outraged by miners and illegal white settlers invading their territory. They also perceived the Mullan Road, whose construction had just begun near Fort Dalles, as a precursor to a land-grab by the United States. Two white miners were killed, and the U.S. Army decided to retaliate. The Coeur d'Alene War (the last part of the larger Yakima War) began with the Battle of Pine Creek (near present-day Rosalia, Washington) on May 17, 1858, during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Walla Walla
Fort Walla Walla is a United States Army fort located in Walla Walla, Washington. The first Fort Walla Walla was established July 1856, by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Steptoe, 9th Infantry Regiment. A second Fort Walla Walla was occupied September 23, 1856.Whitman Mission US National Historic Site page The Many Fort Walla Wallas, https://home.nps.gov/whmi/learn/historyculture/the-many-fort-walla-wallas.htm, viewed on September 15, 2014. The third and permanent military Fort Walla Walla was built in 1858 and adjoined Steptoeville, now Walla Walla, Washington, a community that had grown up around the second fort. An executive order on May 7, 1859, declared the fort a military reservation containing 640 acres devoted to military purposes and a further 640 acres each of hay and timber reserves. On September 28, 1910, soldiers from the 1st Cavalry lowered the flag closing the fort. In 1917, the fort briefly reopened to train men of the First Battalion Washington Field Artillery in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nez Perce People
The Nez Perce (; Exonym and endonym, autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region has been occupied for at least 11,500 years.Ames, Kenneth and Alan Marshall. 1980. "Villages, Demography and Subsistence Intensification on the Southern Columbia Plateau". ''North American Archaeologist'', 2(1): 25–52." Members of the Sahaptian languages, Sahaptin language group, the Nimíipuu were the dominant people of the Columbia Plateau for much of that time, especially after acquiring the horses that led them to breed the Appaloosa horse in the 18th century. Prior to first contact with European colonial people the Nimíipuu were economically and culturally influential in trade and war, interacting with other indigenous nations in a vast network from the western shores of Oregon and Washington (state), Washington, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel (United States)
A colonel () in the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps, United States Air Force, Air Force and United States Space Force, Space Force, is the most senior field officer, field-grade United States Military, military Officer (armed forces), officer military rank, rank, immediately above the rank of Lieutenant colonel (United States), lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general. Colonel is equivalent to the naval rank of Captain (United States O-6), captain in the other Uniformed services of the United States, uniformed services. By law, an officer previously required at least 22 years of cumulative service and a minimum of three years as a lieutenant colonel before being promoted to colonel. With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (NDAA 2019), military services now have the authorization to directly commission new officers up to the rank of colonel. The U.S. uniformed service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Steptoe
Edward Jenner Steptoe (November 7, 1815 – April 1, 1865) was an officer in the United States Army who served in the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars. He is primarily remembered for his defeat at the Battle of Pine Creek during the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Paloos War. It was at Pine Creek where Steptoe and 164 men were ambushed by over 1,000 Indian warriors.Oregon volunteers battle the Walla Wallas and other tribes beginning on December 7, 1855 , April 20, 2008 The battle, and the subsequent (successful) retreat, is also known as "the Steptoe Disaster."Keenan, Jerry. "Steptoe, Col. Edw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps, United States Air Force, Air Force and United States Space Force, Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a senior officer rank, just above the rank of Major (United States), major and just below the rank of Colonel (United States), colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of Commander (United States), commander in the other Uniformed services of the United States, uniformed services. The U.S. uniformed services pay grades, pay grade for the rank of lieutenant colonel is O-5. In the United States armed forces, the insignia for the rank is a silver oak leaf, with slight stylized differences between the version of the Army and the Air Force and that of the Navy and the Marine Corps. Promotion to lieutenant colonel is governed by Department of Defense policies derived from the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) of 1980, for officers in the Active Component, and its companion Reserve Officer Personn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
