The Civil War Part 4 - The Seven Days Battles

McClellan-Lee

The Seven Days Battle was a series of six major battles that happened around Richmond from June 25 to July 1, 1862.  General Robert E. Lee led his army of 92,000 men against Union General George B. McClellan with 104,100 men.  Gen. Lee drove the invading Union's back into Maryland.
The first battle was the battle of Oak Grove.  Gen. McClellan tried to advanced his lines with the objective of bringing Richmond in range of his siege guns.  The battle began when two union divisions from the III Corps attacked across the headwaters of White Oak Swamp, but were repulsed by Maj. Gen Huger's Division.  The end result was that the Union troops gained only 600 yards, at a cost of over a thousand casualties on both sides.

Beaver Dam Creek

The second battle, Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, also known as the Battle of Mechanicsville or Ellerson's Mill was the first real engagement.  Lee's first counter offensive against McClellan.  Lee attempted to turn the Union flank bet was repulsed, Gen. Stonewall Jackson arrived late.  Gen A.P. Hill threw in his division in the vain attempts at the works at Beaver Dam Creek, which were manned by the V corps under Gen. Fitz John Porter who after the battle fell back to Gaines Mill.  There were nearly 1,700 casualties on both sides.

Gaines Mill

The Battle of Gaines' Mill, also known as the First Battle of Cold Harbor or the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27 the third battle in the campaign.  Lee renewed his attacks on the V corps, at Gaines Mill.  which had established a strong defensive line behind Boatswain's Swamp north of the Chickahominy River. Porter's reinforced V Corps held fast for the afternoon against disjointed Confederate attacks, inflicting heavy casualties on the attackers. At dusk, the Confederates finally mounted a coordinated assault that broke Porter's line and drove his soldiers back toward the river. The Federals retreated across the river during the night. Defeat at Gaines' Mill convinced Gen McClellan to give up Richmond.  Though he could have defeated Lee's forces.

 To be continued...

June 7th This Day in Providential History

This is what happened today in Providential History,

In 1099 The First Crusade, The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
In 1420 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas, Which divided the New World between them.
In 1862 The US and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade.
In 1942 WWII The battle of Midway ends.
In 1967 Isreali forces enter Jerusalem during the Six Day War.

To see the complete list of events, births, and deaths Click Here

May 17th This Day in Providential History

This is what happened today in Providential History,

In 1792 The New York Stock Exchange is formed
In 1891 Napoleon Zervas, a Greek resistance fighter is born.
In 1900 The Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking
In 1940 World War II: the old city centre of the Dutch city Middleburg is bombed by the Luftwaffe.
In 1943 World War II: the Dam buster raids by Squadron 617 RAF on German Dams.

To see the complete list of events, births, and deaths Click Here

This Day in Providential History

This is what happened today in Providential History,

In 1241 The Battle of Liengitz: The Mongol army defeats the German-Pole army.
In 1413 Henry the V was crowned.
In 1682 Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, and claims it for France and name's the area Louisiana.
In 1860 The first audible recording of a man's voice.  See Here
In 1865 Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appotomax Courthouse, ending the war.
In 1867 Congress passes the bill to buy Alaska.
In 1916 WWI The Germans launch their third offensive in the Battle of Verdun
In 1917 The battle of Arras starts.
In 1957 The Suez Canal opens.

To see the complete list of events, births, and deaths Click Here

Health Care

Today our nation has passed the most radical bill in our nation's history. It was passed by a vote of 219-217. Our nations taxpayer will be paying taxes for four years for medical care that they will not be receiving. This bill will plunge us millions more dollars into debt.
In spite of all of this though God will use this for the better. This bill was passed ONLY because God allowed it to and is using it for the good. He is judging our country for the many years that we have been disregarding his word.

Romans 8:28, And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John

New Blog

I have (with my friends) created a new blog that you may find interesting.

The new blog is called:

The Masterful Media

March 2nd This Day in Providential History

This is what happened today in Providential History,

In 1793 Sam Houston is born.
In 1836 The Republic of Texas declares Independence from Mexico.
In 1855 Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
In 1882 Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt at Windsor.
In 1896 Ethiopia defeats Italy in the battle of Adwa This was the first African victory over a European power.
In 1941 German Troops arrive in Bulgaria after they joined the Axis in WWII.
In 1972 The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched to explore the outer planets.
In 1978 The Czech Vladimir Remek, in Soyuz 28 is the first non-Russian and non-American to go to outer space.
In 1985 The American football player Reggie Bush is born.
In 2004 Terrorist's from Al-Qaeda carry out the Ashoura Massacre. Killing and wounding nearly 700 people.

To see the complete list of events, births, and deaths Click here

Feb. 16th This day in Providential History

This is what happened today in Providential History,

In 1804 The First Barbary War, Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the Pirate held USS Philadelphia
In 1862 The American Civil War, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Captures Fort Donelson in TN.
In 1923 Howard Carter Unseals the Tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
In 1968 In Haleyville, Alabama the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
In 1985 Hezbollah is founded.

To see the complete list of events, births, and deaths Click Here.

Charles Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882)

Today is Charles Darwin's birthday. He was the person who proposed the false and unbiblical theory of evolution. Here is a brief timeline of Charles Darwin's life.
On February 12th 1809 Charles Robert Darwin is born.
In 1817 Darwin's mother dies.
In 1818 He attends Shrewsbury Grammar school with his older brother Erasmus.
In 1825 Darwin's father pulls him out of school to help him in medical practice.
In 1825 He goes to the University of Edinburgh.
In 1827 Darwin leaves the medical university to go to Christ's College to study for the ministry. During this time he neglected most of his studies. He spent most of his time collecting bugs and reading.
In 1828 Darwin begins thinking about a career in natural science.
In 1831 Darwin begins to attend classes on Geology.
From 1831-1836 Darwin sails on the HMS Beagle visiting South America, Tahiti, and the Galapagos.
Darwin begins to interact with people who share his same view of millions of years.
In 1837 John Gould gave back the samples that Darwin gave him telling him that they were finches with beak variations. After that Darwin began to formulate the idea of Evolution.
In 1838 Darwin breeds domestic animals to study how change happens.
In 1839 He marries Emma Wedgwood.
During the years between 1840 and 1859 Darwin had 8 children, although several died.
In 1859 He published his book "Origin of Species."
In 1882 He died.

And that's the highlights of the person who gave the theory that is linked to abortion. And because of it Hitler, and Stalin the two biggest mass murderers of all time also were driven by the theory of Evolution. I hope in the future I can fully explain that the theory of Evolution is false and should not be accepted as fact.

Feb. 12th This day in Providential History.

This is what happened today in Providential History,

In 1502 Vasco De Gama sets off on his second voyage to India.
In 1809 Abraham Lincoln was born.
In 1934 The Austrian Civil War breaks out.
In 1961 The U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.

To see the complete list of events, births, and deaths Click Here.

The Exploration Era - Part 3 Columbus's Adventure's on his second voyage. Part Three.

Now I will continue where I left off on my last post.

Ojeda had snatched a king from his body guard of a thousand or more men with only ten men of his own. Several atempts were made by the Caribs to recapture their chief. But all were repulsed.

The Spanish in the new world were in great need of food and so it was a great joy to see four ships coming in the month of September of 1494.

The King and Queen sent word that they were well pleased with him. Columbus sent back his charts and strange plants that he had found. He also sent back 500 natives that he had captured.

Now the red men soon formed a league and then marched against Columbus to take back the Lord of the House of Gold. But Columbus took a small band and a score of Blood hounds that were trained to rip human flesh against the red men that were five times stronger. The natives were completely defeated.

He then enslaved many natives and forced others to pay a tribute. His main aim was to pay off the debt he owed to the king and queen of Spain.

In Spain many people wanted his position so they spread lie's about him working men to death and making others work while sick and weak.

On my next post I will finish Columbus's adventures on his second voyage.

February 4rth This day in Providential History

Here are some of the things that happened today in providential history.

In 1789 George Washington is unanimously elected the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
In 1810 The Royal Navy seizes Guadalupe.
In 1998 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afganistan kills more than 5,000.
And today a 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit California but no one was killed and it apperars that their were no buildings that collapsed.

To see the complete list's of Events, Births, and Deaths. Click Here.